[TowerTalk] Ropes in trees

[Gary Smith]

I use the pneumatic spud launcher I made, 
see it & the PVC spud at the bottom of my 
QRZ page. I use 30 pound monofilament and 
I use large swivels as for ocean fishing 
at the end of the monofilament. There is a 
wire loop from the spud to hook it onto as 
it is shot over the tree. 

The swivel comes off the spud and onto the 
eye ring soldered to the end of the wire 
(antenna) and then the antenna, with 
Dacron rope attached to the egg insulator 
at the distal end, is reeled over and 
trough the trees to the waiting coax at 
the radial plate.

takes about 10 minutes tops to replace the 
160M antenna if it comes down.
 
73,

Gary
KA1J

> Hello all,
> 
> I imagine that this subject has been covered in the past but rather
> than search the archives, I thought that I'd just ask the group for
> some information.
> 
> What is available for purchase on the market for getting ropes into
> trees? I am planning on putting up an inverted L wire antenna and need
> to get a couple of ropes installed for supporting the antenna.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 73,
> Brad, N9EN
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