Antenna Testing, Home Built super J pole or ¼ wave?

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Disappointing results with my setup. What's wrong?

Good Luck with “Wire Collinears”. After making about one dozen FAILED “Coaxial Collinear” (Coco) antennas, I decided to make “Wire Collinear” (vertical wire sections with interposing stubs and/or coils). I tried over a dozen designs, and all performed much less than a 1/4 wavelength ground plane (Spider/Cantenna). Here is a photo of some of these Wire Collinears, which I found in my scrap parts drawers. There were many more, but have been digested by trash bin. The top 7 are only whip part, w…