That's what I was thinking all along. If you put enough large loops in it,
you could even get away with using 3/4" aluminum hardline. :-) Of course,
that doesn't mean it should be done.
Even the CB operator down the road does this. He has regular 7/8th inch and,
as far as I know, it has been like that at least ten years without an issue.
That antenna flip flops in the wind all the time.
If a CB operator who has a ground system consisting of wires stuck in a jug
of saltwater (he actually has that) can figure out to use a couple large
circles in the heliax to his Joe Gun beam to stop breakage, I expect Hams
could figure it out. :)
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