Topband: Covered /bare antennn wire

[ZR]

> From my own exhaustive research and many lab experiments with HV corona
> discharge, it seems to me that at least some of this could be eliminated 
> by
> either:
>
> 1. Eliminating all the sharp points
> 2. Properly covering all the sharp points with suitable insulation such as
> heat shrink or vinyl caps.


You just might have nailed it Mike, congratulations.

In order to keep the vibration damping ropes in place the yagi element ends 
have Caplugs and/or a couple of wraps of Scotch 88, I did not do that with 
the KLM 40M which finally was removed to be fodder for a HB 2/2 
Cushcraft/Leeson clone.

Carl
KM1H