Topband: Cage wire performance

[Rob Atkinson]

The problem with cages isn't electrical; the thing to consider is
physical.  If you are in an area where you can have ice you have to
consider if your cage and its supports are strong enough to hold ice
under high winds.   You don't want a relatively inexpensive wire cage
to pull down more costly supports that are a lot harder to rebuild.
Good idea to build in a weighted antenna that will sag to the ground
under a lot of ice, or a fail safe that is easy to fix.

73

Rob
K5UJ