[TowerTalk] Springs for erecting loops nd dipoles

[W2RU - Bud Hippisley]

On Jan 26, 2009, at 11:30 PM, John King wrote:

> Has anyone found an appropriate spring for protecting dipoles when  
> the supports such as trees sway? Maybe a name hardware supplier has  
> such a spring?
>

I've used a garage door spring on my 80-meter dipole for about a  
decade now.  Seems to do a good job, although I have plain old #10  
copper wire so it's possible I now have a 90-meter dipole....

My local ACE Hardware store carries three different sizes.  I chose  
the one that seemed to me to require about the same amount of muscle  
to spread the coils as I needed to pull my dipole up the final few feet.

Bud, W2RU