[TowerTalk] HF yagi - tree mount fixture - photos: Need suggestions

[Jim Brown]

I'm going to offer another very important thought on the topic of 
Yagis in trees. I have 8 acres of very tall redwoods, and I 
strongly considered a Yagi in one of them. This advice, from NI6T, 
who HAS an HF Yagi in one of his redwoods, is what changed my mind. 

If you're not going to do the tree climbing yourself, you're going 
to have to hire someone to FIX the antenna when Mother Nature does 
her thing. That person will likely be a professional tree climber, 
quite experienced in dealing with trees and limbs, but clueless in 
fixing problems with broken wires, connectors, rotor issues, 
antenna rigging, waterproofing, and the like. You can pre-rig all 
of that when you first install the antenna, but not when you fix it 
after a storm. Garry learned all of this the hard way. I have found 
tree climbers to be quite good at rigging wire antennas with 
pulleys and keeping folliage out of the way. 

On the other hand, most good tower climbers ARE competent to fix 
problems associated with an antenna installation, but few of them 
climb trees. :) 

73,

Jim K9YC