Jim Brown wrote:
> construction and components WILL fail. It is also CRITICAL that
> you rig a moving weight on one end of every span. Any wire
> without that moving weight (or other suitable tensioning device)
> will eventually fail, and probably in the first good storm.
>
Instead of a weight for tensioning, I like to use a spring.
I found that bungee cord inside a PVC tube (to protect it
from the weather) worked well. A weight adds a lot of
inertia to the system.
Rick N6RK
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