Weights and springs both work to tension wire antennas...Weights are said to have the disadvantage of "rebound", but I have never experienced that here in the northeast...Springs increase the tension on the wire tremendously as the tree sways and the further the tree sways, the greater the tension...This can stretch the wire and exceed the breaking point of some element of the antenna assembly...The tension will always be the same with a weight, no matter how far the tree sways...For the last 4 years I have had a 30 meter dipole up using a 2 gallon plastic orange juice container filled with water and anti-freeze...Works for me...
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