TopBand: KT-34xa and top-loading a shunt-fed tower

[km1h @ juno.com]

On Mon, 15 Sep 97 00:44:25  ve2zp@bbs.ve3jf.ampr.org writes:
>Hello all:  I'm looking for some advice and the benfit of someone's 
>experiece in using the KLM KT-34xa tribander as top-loading for a 
>shunt-fed 
>tower on 160m.  

SNIP


The insulated elements will have little or no effect as a capacity hat.

I would suggest that you contact KLM about grounding the end elements. I
did that with a 4el KLM 40M beam and it worked well but I'm not familiar
with the KT-34XA.

73...Carl   KM1H

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