On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:12:21 -0500, "Ralph Mowery"
wrote:

Probably this one:
http://www.hamanuals.com/MMans/KLM80.pdf

A KLM-34A.

I am not sure why they went out of business, but they seemed to make good
antennas. I have the OSCAR combination of the 2 meter and 432 mhz system.

This might explain some of it:
http://www.qsl.net/wb6jnn/middle.htm
"Unfortunately, the Ham Radio business isn't as lucrative as most hams
think it is, especially for a U.S. based manufacturer. While Japanese
companies have all of their million plus ham market plus Europe plus
the U.S., we had only the domestic market which at that time was not
in a growth mode. KLM was sold to a new owner in 1979. It later sold
again and ultimately adopted the Mirage label for its amplifier line
(based on Ken Holladay's designs, originally) and has since then split
up to seperate owners for the antenna and amplifier businesses. The
KLM antenna line, in fact, disappeared abruptly late in 1999."


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