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Re: [TowerTalk] Getting a stuck wire antenna out of a tree

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Getting a stuck wire antenna out of a tree
From: "Keith Dutson" <kdutson@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 20:07:02 -0500
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Rent a bucket truck, one like the tree trimming people use?

Keith NM5G

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bob 
Shohet, KQ2M
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 6:59 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Getting a stuck wire antenna out of a tree

I have one element of my 80 M 4-square stuck in a tree and I can’t get it down 
even with trying a variety of methods.  I believe that the element is not 
actually stuck but rather the 3/16” rope that it is attached to is caught in 
the notch of a branch and the branch may have grown around it and trapped it 
within.

I could try to pull it out with extreme force but I fear that the element would 
break and then leave a dangling piece of wire of indeterminate length that 
could couple to one of the elements and affect the pattern and/or tangle with 
the replacement element.

Does any one have any ideas of what else I might try to get the element out 
whole?

Tnx & 73

Bob KQ2M
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