Due to a variety of reasons, some of my feedlines and terminations are getting slack over time. I have done some research on this problem and it seems the best way is to use counterweights when installing the lines.
I came up with this temporary solutions to tighten the feeders. It remains to be seen how well this will perform…
This is the termination for the Johannesburg Rhombic (under construction)
This is the termination for the Johannesburg Rhombic (under construction)
This is the feedline of the Tokyo rhombic. The slack was caused by the center pole twisting, which was in turn caused by the termination being of lesser strength than the other feeders. I will replace the termination wires with a heavier gauge during the next maintenance and I will then be able to tighten all the feeders equally.
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