[Antennas] Securing Ladderline

[patw at goproweb.com]

I live in a high wind area and use ladder line for my 80m dipole.
I secure it at the shack end with a piece of bungy cord that
is fastened to the building.  This removes the strain on the ladder
line at that end.  Up at the antenna, the ladder line is threaded through
tow slots in a piece of plexiglass.  So far it has all held together.
   Pat W0OPW

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:06:50 -0600, Deon Erwin ZS1ZL <zs1zl at telkomsa.net>  
wrote:

> I plan to erect some ladderline in a very high-wind area and would like  
> to
> take the strain off the ladderline.
>
> I was thinking of threading a PVC cord though the ladder along the  
> length of
> the feedline and then securing the cord on both ends.
>
> Alternatively, if the PVC cord would influence the impedance of the
> feedline, how about running the cord along the outside of one of the
> conductors and tying it to the outer conductor with cable ties?
>
> What are your views?
>
> Thanks
> Deon ZS1ZL

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