Adding a garage door spring of the appropriate stiffness at one end of my
80-meter dipole seems to help protect the dipole from the effects of its
support branches whipping around in the wind.
The use of proper wire, helps, too. I use #10 soft-drawn copper; instead of
snapping, it probably stretches. My 80-meter dipole might well be 41 meters
in length by now. That's not all bad -- a little extra length adds a little
extra broadside gain....
Bud, W2RU
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