I think K1TTT mentioned a 5th method. He suggested to thread conduits
(tubes/pipes) over the rope. With enough conduits you should be able to reach
the point where the rope is stuck on the branch. By pushing/banging on this
point you should be able to 1) unstuck the rope or 2) cut the rope off. If you
use metal conduits you should be able to sharpen the edge and make the cutting
easier.
... and, by the way, several people have been severely injured or killed of
bullets from guns, fired in the air. This happens every new year in New
Orleans. I found, once, a bullet firmly sunk into my tar roof. The bullet had
penetrated several layers of tar paper and about 1/2 inch of good wood. I am
pretty sure if that bullet had hit somebody on top of their head, somebody
would have been killed. That bullet could not have been caught with a butterfly
net.
Hans - N2JFS
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Thomson <jim.thom@telus.net>
To: towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 3:41
Subject: [TowerTalk] Getting a stuck wire antenna out of a tree
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:26:28 -0400
From: "Bob Shohet, KQ2M" <kq2m@kq2m.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Getting a stuck wire antenna out of a tree
<I want to thank the MANY people that responded to my request for help in
getting a stuck wire antenna out of a tree. Very sorry about the several day
delay in my response but I was making the most out of our October Summer
weather in Connecticut to work on fixing all my low-band antennas and some high
band issues. I received quite an array of responses, some of them truly unique
and mind-bending. I will definitely use some of them in the future!
My favorites in no particular order:
1) Drone and cutting blade - definitely a ?keeper?. I do plan to buy a drone
for antenna related uses. I will have questions about which drone you bought
and why,
2) Rope cutting blade ? never saw or heard of one but I will inquire ? sounds
very useful,
3) Chainsaw cutting blade ? see above
4) Shotgun - I live in deep woods and very heavy forest but I would
definitely freak out my neighbors because our houses are too close to use one
safely ? but this was an idea that never would have occurred to me. LOL!
... nobody ever got killed from falling bullets. Try shooting straight up
some time... you can catch em with a butterfly net as they tumble back down.
lol.
Jim VE7RF
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