Bill Turner wrote:
The voltage at the ends of a half wave dipole can reach thousands of
volts even with relatively low power. Trees have been set on fire with
as low as 100 watts. Be careful!

A rule-of-thumb that I use is: For a resonant half-wave
dipole, the voltage at the ends is *about* 20 times the
feedpoint voltage, nothing to be sneezed at.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


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I have 160m Inverted Vee in the trees, works fine. Just make sure that the ends
(last third) are in the clear. They have high voltage and prone to ignite fires
when situation favorable. Use insulated wire.

Yuri, K3BU.us