Perhaps you could "practice" your tennis ball shooting skills and deter these buzzards in your area at the same time... "two birds with one tennis ball?"
~Brett (KC7OTG) On Sun, 2008-07-27 at 09:24 +0100, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote: > As you have I have tried many different ways of getting a line into a tree > during the past 50 years, well 60 :-) The problems that I have always found > with shooting, casting or throwing a thin line with a weight or ball at its > end is that too often the end wraps itself around a branch or gets stuck in > a piece of broken bark, and secondly to place a line exactly where I want it > in a 100ft tree is almost impossible due to human error, or breeze causing > the line to drift. Shooting tennis balls is a good idea, but when I tried > this method too often a ball would bounce off a branch or become stuck. It > would seem that I need more practice in shooting tennis ball! > > A local problem is that there are several Buzzards living in the trees who > have an unhealthy interest in flying objects! > > 73, > Geoff > GM4ESD > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Benny Aumala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 9:14 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] Re: Elecraft Antennas in trees > > > > Best and easiest way to shoot antenna is here: > > > > http://www.antennalaunchers.com/csv19/index.htm > > > > I tried almost all imaginable systems during 50 years. > > And tennis ball does not harm anything when coming down. > > This can be ordered as a kit, too. > > Smile! > > > > Benny OH9NB > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
