On Jan 26, 2009, at 11:30 PM, John King wrote:
> Has anyone found an appropriate spring for protecting dipoles when
> the supports such as trees sway? Maybe a name hardware supplier has
> such a spring?
>
I've used a garage door spring on my 80-meter dipole for about a
decade now. Seems to do a good job, although I have plain old #10
copper wire so it's possible I now have a 90-meter dipole....
My local ACE Hardware store carries three different sizes. I chose
the one that seemed to me to require about the same amount of muscle
to spread the coils as I needed to pull my dipole up the final few feet.
Bud, W2RU
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