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5 to 10 channels is quite a bit on a narrow banded antenna. Why not take the time to work all the waves out of it before putting it in the air? Your not going to put enough tension on the element wire to stretch it, but over time I can see all the little waves working themselves out causing a saggy element. Hell, the spreaders can't handle enough tension to stretch copper.

It's a slow and tedious process, but well worth it to me. Work the wire back and forth until you can't get anymore slack, center it where you want it, and put it in the air. Here is what mine looked like last June, and I just swept it again and it hasn't changed a bit.

Now who's playing horse shoes?

<blockquote data-quote="GnG8d" data-source="post: 349600" data-attributes="member: 13838">5 to 10 channels is quite a bit on a narrow banded antenna.&nbsp; Why not take the time to work all the waves out of it before putting it in the air?&nbsp; Your not going to put enough tension on the element wire to stretch it, but over time I can see all the little waves working themselves out causing a saggy element.&nbsp; Hell, the spreaders can&#039;t handle enough tension to stretch copper.It&#039;s a slow and tedious process, but well worth it to me.&nbsp; Work the wire back and forth until you can&#039;t get anymore slack, center it where you want it, and put it in the air.&nbsp; Here is what mine looked like last June, and I just swept it again and it hasn&#039;t changed a bit.Now who&#039;s playing horse shoes?<img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee275/Whiskey_Hauler/f783c14f-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="GnG8d, post: 349600, member: 13838"] 5 to 10 channels is quite a bit on a narrow banded antenna. Why not take the time to work all the waves out of it before putting it in the air? Your not going to put enough tension on the element wire to stretch it, but over time I can see all the little waves working themselves out causing a saggy element. Hell, the spreaders can't handle enough tension to stretch copper. It's a slow and tedious process, but well worth it to me. Work the wire back and forth until you can't get anymore slack, center it where you want it, and put it in the air. Here is what mine looked like last June, and I just swept it again and it hasn't changed a bit. Now who's playing horse shoes? [IMG]http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee275/Whiskey_Hauler/f783c14f-1.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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