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

[Hans Hammarquist]

 I think K1TTT mentioned a 5th method. He suggested to thread conduits (tubes/pipes) over the rope. With enough conduits you should be able to reach the point where the rope is stuck on the branch. By pushing/banging on this point you should be able to 1) unstuck the rope or 2) cut the rope off. If you use metal conduits you should be able to sharpen the edge and make the cutting easier.


... and, by the way, several people have been severely injured or killed of bullets from guns, fired in the air. This happens every new year in New Orleans. I found, once, a bullet firmly sunk into my tar roof. The bullet had penetrated several layers of tar paper and about 1/2 inch of good wood. I am pretty sure if that bullet had hit somebody on top of their head, somebody would have been killed. That bullet could not have been caught with a butterfly net.



Hans - N2JFS

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Thomson <jim.thom at telus.net>
To: towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 3:41
Subject: [TowerTalk] Getting a stuck wire antenna out of a tree

Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:26:28 -0400
From: "Bob Shohet, KQ2M" <kq2m at kq2m.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Getting a stuck wire antenna out of a tree

<I want to thank the MANY people that responded to my request for help in getting a stuck wire antenna out of a tree.  Very sorry about the several day delay in my response but I was making the most out of our October Summer weather in Connecticut to work on fixing all my low-band antennas and some high band issues.  I received quite an array of responses, some of them truly unique and mind-bending.  I will definitely use some of them in the future!

My favorites in no particular order:

1) Drone and cutting blade  - definitely a ?keeper?.  I do plan to buy a drone for antenna related uses.  I will have questions about which drone you bought and why,

2) Rope cutting blade ? never saw or heard of one but I will inquire ? sounds very useful,

3) Chainsaw cutting blade ? see above

4) Shotgun  -  I live in deep woods and very heavy forest but I would definitely freak out my neighbors because our houses are too close to use one safely ? but this was an idea that never would have occurred to me.  LOL! 



...  nobody ever got killed from falling bullets.   Try shooting straight up some time... you can catch em with a butterfly net as they tumble back down.  lol. 

Jim  VE7RF

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