Beverage antennas are so good that even if they needed repairs every single
month, it would still all be worth it! I've had to repair them from time to
time for various reasons, but not once did the thought ever occur to me
that they're too much trouble. You'll understand after you have one.
I should use such a "fuse" myself, but the electric fence wire they're made
from is so strong that it's never broken yet. Just stretched a little once
or twice.
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Bill Wichers <billw@waveform.net> wrote:
>
> The only problems tend to be physical (falling branches breaking the wire,
> deer breaking the wire, etc). Make sure to use a "fuse" at one end of the
> wire so that an easy to fix part breaks instead of the antenna wire or
> supports. Your inevitable repair work will be lots easier this way.
>
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