[Elecraft] Lead Weights and Fishing Line while Operating

[k8cxm at fuse.net]

I've ALWAYS use monofilament line, 20 pound line. It's light weight and is slippery enough to not get hung up on rough tree limbs. But, to get the mono line over the tree limb, I use my hunting bow with small game, rubber tipped arrows. I tie the line on the end of the arrow, and lob the arrow over the target tree limb with the bow. Let the arrow fall to the ground, cut it off and tie on a bright orange 1 to 2 ounce oblong lead weight that I pull back up (but NOT over the target limb) and with a bit of up and down to work it off of extra tree limbs that I don't want involved. When it's in position, I let go and the weight falls right to the ground. I tie my antenna rope to the mono and pull the 20 pound mono with rope tied on up and over and back down. Worked for years with no fatalities :+)).

New K3 owner #06559

73 .....

  
Jim Leder ... K8CXM