[Towertalk] Why capacity hats on 40-2CD

[Pete Smith]

The subject line almost says it all.  This question originated because a 
friend and I were speculating about replacing the linear loading on a Force 
12 EF-240S with lumped inductance, placed at the same point in the elements 
where the linear loading is now connected.  I described 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?

73, Pete N4ZR

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