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1. [TowerTalk] Wires in trees (score: 1): Author: k3hx@juno.com (tttt ccccc); Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 19:39:15 -0400; Some years ago, a scheme using 2 helium-filled baloons was floated. The idea was to have one baloon above the tree on the north side of the desired tree, another balloon on the south side. Theory bei; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00078.html (9,235 bytes)
2. [TowerTalk] Wires in trees (score: 1): Author: n9rla@yahoo.com (Dan Evans); Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 19:23:06 -0700; Use a Pretty similar to what I use. I have a 35lb pull fiberglass recurve bow. I've used slingshots, but I'm much more accurate with the bow. I got pretty good at one time putting an arrow through th; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00079.html (8,496 bytes)
3. [TowerTalk] Wires in trees (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 07:47:01 -0400; I use a bow and arrow, but I fill the last several inches of hollow aluminum arrows with solder inside the arrow by pouring molten solder inside the arrow. I use a dam made from a paper wad to preven; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00083.html (8,123 bytes)
4. [TowerTalk] Wires in trees (score: 1): Author: alsopb@gloryroad.net (alsopb); Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 12:08:55 +0000; Tom's "lead in arrow" approach seems to solve one real problem I've encountered using slingshots. The weights are not heavy enough to pull the line down to the ground through tree branches et al. It; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00084.html (10,607 bytes)
5. [TowerTalk] Wires in trees (score: 1): Author: wa9als@starband.net (WA9ALS - John); Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 08:24:03 -0500; I attach nylon rope to the reel-end of the fishing line. I tie the fishing line to the nylon rope about an inch or 2 from the end of the rope. The fishing line then lies alongside the rope, and then; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00085.html (8,400 bytes)
6. [TowerTalk] Wires in trees (score: 1): Author: ford@cmgate.com (Ford Peterson); Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 14:25:35 -0500; I use a fishing rod and reel. A 1" x 3/8" carriage bolt with a matching nut works great. Just cast it through the choice spot and the bolt drops to the ground every time. Use the fishing line to pull; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00089.html (7,841 bytes)
7. [TowerTalk] wires in trees (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:28:38 -0000; Undoubtedly true, Tim, but very hard to implement at height. I like w9gtc/1's approach with cinderblocks as counterweights, and pulleys as high as you can go. Unfortunately, when I commissioned the a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00335.html (8,559 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] wires in trees (score: 1): Author: "Tim Makins, EI8IC" <contesting@eircom.net>; Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:12:01 +0100; is coachbolt I'm not sure why it is hard to implement. All you do is climb the tree, taking with you the bolt, and a couple of spares in case you drop one. Also a hammer to bang it into the tree 1/2"; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00350.html (8,166 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] wires in trees (score: 1): Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:48:57 -0700; At 06:12 PM 9/12/2003 +0100, Tim Makins, EI8IC wrote: -- Original Message -- From: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net> To: "Towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com> Sent: 12 September 2003 13:28 Subjec; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00351.html (8,631 bytes)
10. [TowerTalk] wires in trees (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 21:40:43 -0000; Since there appears to be interest.... I use a 25lb compound bow to loft fiberglass fishing arrows, using a gametracker. (wa2sry and I think alike!). I replaced the tip of the fishing arrow with a he; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00366.html (8,808 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] wires in trees (score: 1): Author: "Jim White, K4OJ" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com>; Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 23:31:53 -0400; Dad used to wrap arrows with about a half dozen 16 penny common nails - the heads of the nails were side by side and then he would simply wrap black tape around their shafts to secure them to the arr; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00369.html (10,818 bytes)
12. [TowerTalk] wires in trees (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:06:49 -0400; I agree that it is better to keep the wire out of the tree, if you can. Pulling it vertical for some distance is a viable technique. On the other hand, if it proves unworkable, or results in too much; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-06/msg00637.html (7,954 bytes)
13. Re: [TowerTalk] wires in trees (score: 1): Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>; Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:23:50 -0500; I am a huge fan of fan dipoles -- parallel wires connected to the same center insulator/balun. On FD, we use a fan that covers 80 and 40, and others that cover 20/15/10. Each are full size half waves; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-06/msg00639.html (8,366 bytes)
14. Re: [TowerTalk] wires in trees (score: 1): Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:38:00 -0700; Hi All I'd rather have a wire high up in a tree than one down low that ISN"T in a tree. I have 2 inverted V's up about 90 feet with the center in the tree's and they work fine. I used to run a vertic; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-06/msg00674.html (7,850 bytes)
15. [TowerTalk] Wires in trees (score: 1): Author: "Art Boyars" <art.boyars@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 23:22:30 -0400; If you have a little room around the trees you might try a trick I learned from utility line workers. It will take at least two people. One end of the wire can be fixed, but you need to be able to ha; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-07/msg00508.html (8,200 bytes)
16. [TowerTalk] Wires in trees (score: 1): Author: Steve Boone <w7wm.boone@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 23:24:59 -0700; This is a topic that I have never seen addressed and Google has not revealed any similar situations: I am installing a quarter wave, 160m inverted-L between a 40' Ponderosa Pine and my tower. The fir; /archives//html/Towertalk/2018-01/msg00208.html (7,419 bytes)
17. Re: [TowerTalk] Wires in trees (score: 1): Author: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 22:37:34 -0800; As it happens, there's an interesting technical article in Feb 2018 QST that landed in my mailbox today. The executive summary -- trees can cause considerable loss in vertical antennas. The closer th; /archives//html/Towertalk/2018-01/msg00209.html (8,770 bytes)
18. Re: [TowerTalk] Wires in trees (score: 1): Author: "john@kk9a.com" <john@kk9a.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 07:29:57 -0500; For sure you have to insulate the ends of your wires or they will arc to the tree. I have operated with the low voltage areas of temporary dipoles touching palm trees without issue however I would tr; /archives//html/Towertalk/2018-01/msg00211.html (7,624 bytes)
19. Re: [TowerTalk] Wires in trees (score: 1): Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 05:48:34 -0800; I am installing a quarter wave, 160m inverted-L between a 40' Ponderosa Pine and my tower. The first 30' of the antenna will run parallel to the tree trunk and through the branches. I am using copper; /archives//html/Towertalk/2018-01/msg00212.html (8,745 bytes)
20. Re: [TowerTalk] Wires in trees (score: 1): Author: "Wes Attaway $N5WA$" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>; Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 08:35:43 -0600; fact that a vertical antenna "wire" within 20 or so feet of a large Pine tree will be affected. In my case, the effect was to cause the tuning to be quite a bit broader than it would have been witho; /archives//html/Towertalk/2018-01/msg00214.html (9,487 bytes)

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