[TowerTalk] Dipole ends

[W2RU - Bud Hippisley]

Adding a garage door spring of the appropriate stiffness at one end of my
80-meter dipole seems to help protect the dipole from the effects of its
support branches whipping around in the wind.

The use of proper wire, helps, too.  I use #10 soft-drawn copper; instead of
snapping, it probably stretches.  My 80-meter dipole might well be 41 meters
in length by now.  That's not all bad -- a little extra length adds a little
extra broadside gain....

Bud, W2RU