[TowerTalk] Getting a stuck wire antenna out of a tree

[Bob Shohet, KQ2M]

Not an option for me Keith – the only access to the tree is through the septic field – so I can’t use a bucket truck or other vehicle.

Bob, KQ2M

From: Keith Dutson 
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 9:07 PM
To: Tower Talk 
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Getting a stuck wire antenna out of a tree

Rent a bucket truck, one like the tree trimming people use?

Keith NM5G

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bob Shohet, KQ2M
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 6:59 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Getting a stuck wire antenna out of a tree

I have one element of my 80 M 4-square stuck in a tree and I can’t get it down even with trying a variety of methods.  I believe that the element is not actually stuck but rather the 3/16” rope that it is attached to is caught in the notch of a branch and the branch may have grown around it and trapped it within.

I could try to pull it out with extreme force but I fear that the element would break and then leave a dangling piece of wire of indeterminate length that could couple to one of the elements and affect the pattern and/or tangle with the replacement element.

Does any one have any ideas of what else I might try to get the element out whole?

Tnx & 73

Bob KQ2M
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