Hi John, Are the bases of your trees located in dense undergrowth / bush...? If not, then read on...
Procure a decent fishing pole / spincast reel (you probably already own one anyway, or know someone who does). Next, tie a good weight to the end of the line (I've used discarded automobile manual window crank handles with success --- they're about the right weight, & the chrome-finished ones are easy to find). Now, either you, or your fishing buddy, cast the weight up & over your "selected & ideal" tree limb. It'll doubtlessly take you a half dozen tries, or more, but that's OK. Once there, remove the weight, & tie some thin polypropylene packaging "twine" / utility rope to it, and start reeling the line in with the reel. Once across the tree limb & over to the other side of the tree that way, you are free to secure your final / permanent antenna support rope to the twine, pulling IT up over the limb now, by re-winding the utility rope. Presto! No need of any proverbial "...springs, pulleys, or rubber suction devices" whatsoever! Two final hints: (1) NEVER use polypropylene rope for the permanent support: the sun;'s UV rays will turn it to dust (literally) in about 2-3 years. Use NYLON / marine rope, instead. (2) If you're casting over underbrush, use a 9-volt battery taped to an old automobile warning buzzer as your weight: its buzzing drone will alert you as to its landing spot almost immediatetly in ANY thicket, & you'll save yourself LOTS of time, looking for cast lines, weights, etc. etc. Good luck! This is at LEAST half the fun of "raising" wire antennas, believe it, or not...! ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ ************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "John, K5SEE" <j...@k5see.com> To: <n...@mailman.qth.net>; <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 4:16 PM Subject: [AMRadio] Seeking advice on "wires in trees" > I am going to need to have some tree work done before long.? At the present time, my antennas are held up in lower limbs by cords I have gotten over limbs by various methods.? I keep looking up higher at the tall pines and wondering if I could employ a tree climber to mount some kind of "permanent" support such as a pulley near the top. > > Would like to receive suggestions from folks that have done this and achieved relative permanence for antenna supports.? Thanks for your consideration. > > 73 de John, K5SEE > > > "When CW is no longer required, it will be a necessity." de K5SEE > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
