About a year ago, I bought a “bullet weight” from Radio Works for getting lines up into trees. The weight has a hole through the center, through which you thread the rope or the wire or whatever. The problem, of course, is what happens when the line gets snagged in a tree?
This happened to me about three months ago, and no amount of pulling on the rope was going to get it to come down. In fact, what happened is that the rope broke, and now the weight is stuck up in the branches.
Recently, there was some discussion on the Elecraft mailing list on how best to do this. To date, here’s the best response:
From: tjmc
To: Alfred Lorona
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] antenna wireIf you must sling a weighted wire into a tree, use a fishing weight. They are rounded and have a small metal loop onto which you can attach the wire.
Better yet, wrap the wire one time around the object ( I use a rock ) and secure with a wrap of elec tape….
The reason is, if the thrown object get hung up in the tree ( which happens offen ) a good pull on the wire gets it out of the tape and the object will drop and wire retrieved.
best
Tom aa2vk
Thanks, Tom!
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