The linear loaded KLM 40 and 80M yagis never lived up to their hype. OTOH the little Cushcraft 2el 40 with loading coils plus a capacity hat way out on the elements is a proven winner.
Ive sold one of my 40M 4el KLM's and made a pair of CC style 2el from the other. Carl KM1H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill and Liz McHugh" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 8:02 AM Subject: Topband: LINEAR vs TOP LOADING > My first 160M vertical was linear-loaded and it worked fine....or so I > thought. The late K6SE did an EZNEC analysis of my antenna vs what I am > using now, which is an 80 ft top-loaded (three wires) and his analysis > showed a considerable improvement in efficiency moving to the top-load. I > have a smaller version at our summer place and it is 61 ft top-loaded-it > also works very well. I have been able to work much more DX running > barefoot and QRP with the top-loads as compared to the linear-loaded > vertical.. While this is just a subjective evaluation on my part, it is > supported by the EZNEC analysis which showed an increase of several > percent in the efficiency of the top-load antenna. > > Bill VE3NH/VE3CSK > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
