[Elecraft] Re: Elecraft Antennas in trees

[Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy]

As you have I have tried many different ways of getting a line into a tree 
during the past 50 years, well 60 :-)  The problems that I have always found 
with shooting, casting or throwing a thin line with a weight or ball at its 
end is that too often the end wraps itself around a branch or gets stuck in 
a piece of broken bark, and secondly to place a line exactly where I want it 
in a 100ft tree is almost impossible due to human error, or breeze causing 
the line to drift. Shooting tennis balls is a good idea, but when I tried 
this method  too often a ball would bounce off a branch or become stuck. It 
would seem that I need more practice in shooting tennis ball!

A local problem is that there are several Buzzards living in the trees who 
have an unhealthy interest in flying objects!

73,
Geoff
GM4ESD


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benny Aumala" <benny.aumala at pp.inet.fi>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 9:14 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Re: Elecraft Antennas in trees


> Best and easiest way to shoot antenna is here:
>
> http://www.antennalaunchers.com/csv19/index.htm
>
> I tried almost all imaginable systems during 50 years.
> And tennis ball does not harm anything when coming down.
> This can be ordered as a kit, too.
> Smile!
>
> Benny     OH9NB