Kurt said:
>Having one of these is a career move, if you get regular 50 Mph plus winds.
>If the Lexan boom to element mounts don't break (which they regularly do),
>the linear loading shorting strap connections will shake themselves LOOSE
>(notice how nicely I've spelled it). This transforms your antenna into a
>very effective broadband spark gap transmitter.
>I vividly remember spending 2 hours, at 100', at midnight, in a stiff
>breeze, on Saturday night in a CQWW Contest trying to tighten all of the
>shorting strap connections on one of these things. It was visibly arcing
>and hammering all of the other bands at the Multi/Multi station.
Ham W4ZR had the 4el KLM as did a local here in Atlanta. My 2el Cushcraft
beat them out on a regular basis and is a lot less headache.
Dave K4JRB
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