Bob,
Hire a tree climber to remove and re-install, using a rope with lower breaking
strength than the wire. Then if it gets snagged again the rope should break not
the wire if you pull on it. Also could put rope in bent conduit where it goes
across crotch of limb so tree doesn't grow into the rope. Or have climber
install marine-grade pulley there on an eye screw and use continuous loop of
heavier rope to support wire (so if wire breaks you can still retrieve rope).
73/Jon
Jon P. Zaimes, AA1K
Tower climber for hire
http://www.aa1k.us/
Cell: 302-632-2353
Reviews of AA1K tower work on eham website:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/12922
Hug your favorite tower every day, and always stay connected to it.
> On Oct 17, 2017, at 10:44 PM, Bob Shohet, KQ2M <kq2m@kq2m.com> wrote:
>
> Not an option for me Keith – the only access to the tree is through the
> septic field – so I can’t use a bucket truck or other vehicle.
>
> Bob, KQ2M
>
> From: Keith Dutson
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 9:07 PM
> To: Tower Talk
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Getting a stuck wire antenna out of a tree
>
> 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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