[TenTec] BUNGEE CORDS

[Jim Brown]

On Wed,12/31/2014 9:04 AM, Barry N1EU wrote:
> I generally shoot an arrow over a tree branch, trailing monofilament, that
> pulls up heavier line incrementally.  Definitely inexpensive and not
> serious.  Climb what?  A bungee cord does me fine.  Call me Mickey.  I've
> been called far worse.

If you can get there that way, fine. Also, I can get the antenna higher 
with someone climbing, and especially on the higher bands, the higher 
the antenna, the better it works. See 
http://k9yc.com/VertOrHorizontal-Slides.pdf

The rope that goes over the branch is going to abrade and eventually 
break as the tree sways in the wind. Ask me how I know. :)  A better way 
is to form a continuous loop of the rope that goes over the limb, tie a 
pulley to it, and use a rope through that pulley to support the antenna. 
K2RD showed me that trick when he helped me rig my first high dipoles.

73, Jim K9YC