[TowerTalk] Wire antenna in trees? (Patrick Greenlee) (Kelly Taylor) (Jim Brown)

[Terry G. Glagowski / W1TR]

I use #10 Stranded Insulated Wire from the hardware store...
I buy it in 500 ft rolls and have it on hand for antenna construction and repair.
I make a loop in the end of the wire and use a rope loop in combination for the end
insulator and haul it all up over the tree tops. (not recommended for 10 KW operation !)
I use a 60 pound hunting bow and used / cheap arrows with weights instead of points, and
use 20 pound fishing line and a reel for skyhook hunting.

In addition to my YAGIs, I have a number of USAF MARS antennas for lower frequencies...
I run HIGH POWER and have no problems...
Same construction for LOOP and Inverted-L antennas.

73, Terry / W1TR  :  )


-----Original Message-----

On 8/3/2017 9:58 AM, K7LXC--- via TowerTalk wrote:
> Howdy, TowerTalkians --
>   
>      I want to get on the air and I have a dense forest  behind me. No 
> supports available at this time so I can use an antenna  launcher of 
> some sort to get a wire up in the trees so I guess I just go for a  
> bunch of small insulated wire (so it doesn't short out when it rains) and  feed it with
a tuner?
> Any hints, kinks or options to my plan? Wire vendors?  Tnx.
>   
> Cheers,
> Steve     K7LXC
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> On Aug 3, 2017, at 9:58 AM, K7LXC--- via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com> wrote:
> 
> Howdy, TowerTalkians --
> 
>    I want to get on the air and I have a dense forest  behind me. No 
> supports available at this time so I can use an antenna  launcher of 
> some sort to get a wire up in the trees so I guess I just go for a  
> bunch of small insulated wire (so it doesn't short out when it rains) and  feed it with
a tuner?
> Any hints, kinks or options to my plan? Wire vendors?  Tnx.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve     K7LXC
> _______________________________________________
> 
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