I use a compound bow and arrow (fishing arrow since it has a nice hole in the
rear of the arrow and I also place a
screw-on BNC connector on the front of the arrow as a weight) to put up my
coaxial inverted Ls. For 160M this
usually involves going over multiple trees (I have a pair on 160M, a pair on
75M, 4 square on 40M, and a 4 square
on 20M). I shoot the fishing line over the tree (or trees) and then attach a
3/16 inch nylon rope to the arrow end and
then reel the rope back to the fishing rod. Then I attach the end of the
antenna insulator (or whatever) to the end of
the nylon rope and pull it back over the tree (or trees). I do use electrical
tape on the end of the insulator to help it
pass through the branches. Works great.
Recomnmend that you chose (or paint) the arrow a flourescent color to assist in
determining where it ended up.
No trees have been harmed using this method since the BNC connector does not
stab the trees.
Good Luck.
73
Bruce
On 24 Oct 2006 at 14:01, Pat Chiles wrote:
> I have spent the morning trying to fish an 80M loop through trees. I am
> usually pretty good at this type thing, but this one has defied my best
> attempts. I am thinking about using the bow and arrow to shoot a string over
> the trees and just pull the insulated wire over the tree to make the loop.
> Has anyone done this before, without insulators, and did the antenna give
> expected results?
> Thanks,
>
> Pat, K8PC
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