[TowerTalk] line into trees

[W5CPT]

Norm,
I don't understand what you mean by "coils".  Are you trying to pull a Trapped Antenna through the crotch of the tree? I have never tried to do that as I normally only put the "pull up rope" over a tree limb.  

Both ends of my trapped dipole are held up by the end ropes that go through a crotch and then to the base of the tree where I tie it off on one end, and bungee it on the other.  The bungee is there to provide some give to the whole arrangement when the wind blows.  The center of the dipole is hung from my tower and the rope that holds it up has some give, which I use to the same advantage.  

I never let the radiating element of the antenna touch any vegetation if I can help it.

Clint - W5CPT


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: norm 
  To: towertalk at contesting.com 
  Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 5:36 PM
  Subject: [TowerTalk] line into trees


  Hello everyone, good discussion on getting a line into the trees.  However
  has anyone come up with a good "home"solution to the coils that get stuck in
  the crotch of branches?  Short of getting a bucket truck to come in I've
  been thinking of using small funnels "plastic" on each side of the coils so
  hopefully they would slide over the y of the crotch.  Any ideas?

  Thanks,
  Norm
  NR1H
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