That is very ingenious Mike 5511. I'm going to try this however I may try and come up with a different way to secure the opposite end from the antenna.
I have been running a 3 ft piece of pvc water pipe..Bought some a lil bigger on inside diameter that the outside diameter of ant ..This takes away almost all the ant sway.. Doing the same with my 102" on a 10" riser...Actually looking at a much taller riser for my 102" Cutting it to tune from the top down makeing the 102 stiffer again..
I had always recommend the Francis, but seems the gurus say the quality ain’t the same..... that they snap at the base(bottom)
I read that mostly the 6’ or 7’ skipshooters work best on those applications. I’m curious how @craig_sez has that set up with the pvc.