At 00:38 17/02/00 -0500, DK8KW wrote:

I know that the idea of the top load is to get more capacity in the air.
owever, I have read an article somewhere about toploads of a short vertical
being equipped with coils to improve or to "lengthen" the top load wires
electrically. Any experience with that? Would that do any good?

End december 1999 I placed about 50% of the loading inductance at the top
of the vertical section (remaining 50% at groundlevel). Result was a gain
of abot 3 to 5 dB. I will try to get about 90% of the inductance at the top
soon, let's see what that will do.

73, Rik  ON7YD