[Elecraft] Re: Elecraft Antennas in trees

[Brett Howard]

Perhaps you could "practice" your tennis ball shooting skills and deter
these buzzards in your area at the same time...  "two birds with one
tennis ball?"  

~Brett (KC7OTG)

On Sun, 2008-07-27 at 09:24 +0100, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote:
> 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
> 
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