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Re: [TowerTalk] Shorty 40

To: <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>,"W0UN -- John Brosnahan" <shr@swtexas.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Shorty 40
From: "jeremy-ca" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:06:31 -0400
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Im sure you wouldnt fault your location or the sun spot cycle either.
Other than that it only takes time and money

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "W0UN -- John Brosnahan" <shr@swtexas.net>
To: <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Shorty 40


> At 17:51 17-10-07, jeremy-ca wrote:
>>I had a pair of 4 el KLMs and was never overly impressed by their
>>performance. Before that I had a Hi-Gain 2 el and it was often referred to
>>as a rotary dummy load.
>>
>>One of my KLM's has been sold and Im contemplating converting the other 
>>into
>>a pair of 2 el with Cushcraft style loading coils.
>>
>>I feel that nobody has got linear loading completely figured out.
>>
>>Carl
>>KM1H
>
>
> W0UN, with W0UA op, entered CQWW CW single-band 40M from COLORADO
> two years in a row in the late 1990s.  Using two KLM 4L40s @ 80 and 160 
> ft,
> as well as an M-squared 4L40 @ 80 ft for mults, W0UN/W0UA won the
> USA plaque both times.
>
> I can't really fault the antennas!    ;-)
>
> --John
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