[TowerTalk] Antennas in trees

[Steve Jones]

Kelly-

I tape about 4 or 5 sixteen penny nails to the tip of my arrow.  That is
usually enough weight to get it to come down through the branches.  I also
grab the 8# test line just as I see the arrow cross over the branch I'm
aiming at, so it doesn't go further out into the forest.  Most of the time
the arrow and line come straight down the back of the tree where I can tie
it off.

73,

Steve
N6SJ

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Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 4:03 PM
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Subject: [TowerTalk] Antennas in trees

Anyone have any advice for getting the fishing line to come back to ground
zero?

I have no problem getting the line over a nice, tall branch but the arrow
and tennis ball get caught up on the way back down. If I'm lucky, I can snap
the line and retrieve the arrow, but that's only happened once. 

I don't exactly have a bucket truck guy to call where I am (cottage). And
I'm running out of cheap arrows. 

Kelly
ve4xt 

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