[Elecraft] Lead Weights and Fishing Line while Operating

[Alan Biocca]

A couple of tips on this subject:

1) DON't use Monofilament or other stretchy line. Instead use a
non-stretching line of which there are many these days. They don't
store energy and create a dangerous stored energy system aimed at you
when you pull back on the line.

2) DON't use lead sinkers. Tennis balls filled with sand are MUCH
safer and easier to toss and don't litter the landscape with lead.

Regards, Alan W6AKB


On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Andrew Moore <andrew.nv1b at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ditto on Tom's words - pulling a snagged line is highly dangerous. The line
> gives a direct path back to you - the target - and it's usually under lots
> of spring tension when you're pulling.
>
> Sometimes it's best just to put a "weak link" in the rope near the weighted
> end, so if you have to sacrifice it, you'll get back most of your rope.
>
> Or consider running the rope around another tree close to you on the ground
> when you pull, so you're out of the line of fire (just watch for
> bystanders).
>
> --Andrew, NV1B
> maineware.net
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Tom Boucher <tom at telemetry.demon.co.uk>wrote:
>
>> The other thing to watch when using lead weights is to be very, very
>> careful pulling back the line when it goes over the wrong branch. I
>> literally shot myself in the foot when doing this some years ago. Crutches
>> for 6 weeks!
>>
>> 73
>> Tom G3OLB
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