Comment by akira2501

Really, my disposition has no bearing on the facts. They are designed to handle wind but I doubt those design parameters included random weights attached at random points between spans. The lines also change shape based on temperature.

If the clamp abrades the line under high wind conditions then you are weakening and possibly breaking the line. If the hardware that mounts the line to the tower can't handle the additional loading then you risk breaking it and dropping a live line on the ground.

No good alternatives? That's exceptionally unimaginative. The lines are strung up with towers. You could just put a station, on the ground, right at the base of the tower, where it would be much easier to directly connect it to the power lines in a safe and permanent way.