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 Thanks for a good idea Mike. I think I have some of those in the garage somewhere.
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John, G4CNN
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--- On Tue 04/30, mike.dennison <mike.dennison@ntlworld.com> wrote:
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> G4CNN wrote:
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> Elastic might be a good idea though.
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> 
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> I use a tree to support the end of my antenna (see
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> http://www.lf.thersgb.net/antenna.htm) and it moves about a metre in all
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> directions. To prevent anything breaking, I use bungee cords (the sort
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> you
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> use to secure luggage) in series with the insulators on each wire at both
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> ends of the top section. This has proved very effective. The mast that is
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> attached to my house has a free-standing top section and this is designed
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> to
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> be flexible as well. The whole lot moving in a gale looks quite alarming,
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> but it stays up.
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> 
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> In my experience, an antenna system must be very flexible, or very rigid.
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> Anything in between will break. After all, it is the old, brittle trees
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> that
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> fall down in a wind.
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> 
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> 
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> Mike, G3XDV
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> http://www.lf.thersgb.net
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