Wind isn't really a problem. If you have the antenna held by rigid supports
that don't sway, don't worry about it. The tensioning devices are to keep
the swaying of trees, used as supports, from snapping the wire.
"Michael Lawson" wrote in message
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Bungees don't seem to weather well, but will do for the short
term. You may also consider, instead of directly tying it off
at the far end, running the rope through a pulley, with two or
three bricks (or some other suitable weight) to hold tension
on the rope.

I found a 4" pulley for about $5 at the local home-improvement
store that's sold as a laundry-line pulley. Even though it's
plastic (with a metal axle), it's tougher than it looks.

Hmm.. I've thought about that, but I think that the
kids wouldn't go for having a brick hanging off of
a pulley on the end of their wooden playset, and
my wife would freak if I did that at the other end,
where our screened in porch is.

I may just keep it with the poly rope in pretty
much an as-is configuration for a while, and see
how it goes.

--Mike L.