[Towertalk] Why capacity hats on 40-2CD

[W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch)]

> it as a scaled-down 40-2CD, and then wondered why Cushcraft put the
> little capacity hats on the outer end of its loading inductors.  To
> shorten the elements a little?  Change the current distribution?

When properly placed, capacitance hats improve bandwidth and 
efficiency.

You can load the element with more inductance and no capacitance hat, 
but both bandwidth and efficiency will be reduced.73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com