[Antennas] dipole support: steel cable???

[Don Havlicek]

I suggest that you put a pulley on the halyard that is on the tree.
Then put a weight on the end of a rope going through the pulley and 
attached to your antenna.
When the wind blows, the pulley will allow the antenna rope to slide 
without breaking, and the weight will maintain the tension on the antenna.
I suggest you find some old window sash weights to use.
Don
N8DE

FireBrick wrote:

> To fellow antenatites.
>
> My hefty rope, supporting one end of my 80/40 dipole breaks at the 
> most inoportune times.
> Like yesterday, when we started a strong wind/snow storm.
>
> Question.
> I have some 1/16" steel cable, aircraft style, woven SS.
>
> If I tied a short section of rope to the end insulator, and then the 
> cable was thrown through the tree, would the 50' of steel cable, out 
> from the end of the dipole have any effect.
>
> (the antenna works poorly as it's too low anyway).
>
> But would it be a serious problem?
>
>
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