[TowerTalk] Weight on ends of a OCF diploe

Thomas Noel tnoel at mac.com
Thu Aug 11 13:46:43 EDT 2016


I have a 135’ OCF strung between Douglas firs at about 65 feet. In our common 70+ mph winds the trees sway enough that my two old bowling balls used as weights go up and down 6 feet or more. I used to use 3# lead downrigger sinkers but that was not able to provide enough tension to keep wire taut.

Thomas W Noel
KF7RSF



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