Re: [drakelist] New QTH

[davevittum]

DW -     I have used a bow and arrow for 30 years. Pretty easy, drill a small hole in the shank of the arrow, tie 30 or 50 pound fishing monofilament, and let her rip. You can then use the monofilament to haul your wire or rope through the limbs.  I have seen the sling shot and the spinning reel setups also - guess it is personal preference but I am comfortable with the bow and arrow. It is a simple target practice fiber glass bow, somewhere around 30-50 pound range (I bought it too long ago to remember).     Do you have at least one window in your converted garage? I recently replaced one of the panes of glass in my cellar shack window with thick plexiglass (buy it at Home Depot, Chase Pitkin, Lowes, etc).  Chip the glazing away, carefully take out the glass pane, measure and cut the plexiglass, and glaze it in. You lose a LITTLE bit of insulating capability but nothing serious; I have been comfortable all winter in my upstate NY snow belt location.  You can drill holes of all sizes and shapes in the plexiglass - I mounted four co-ax female to female connectors, ran two sets of  450 ohm ladder line through it, and a tv connector. And a ground lead.     Just a couple of ideas for you to mull over.                 73 de Dave  W1DV/2 ----- Original Message ----- From: DW Holtman To: drakelist@www.zerobeat.net Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 9:20 PM Subject: [drakelist] New QTH Hello,   I have a couple of questions that I hope someone can help me with.   First, My new Shack is in a converted garage, with more space than I have ever had in the past. My question is, what is the best way to make a hole for coax/450 ohm ladder line  to leave the shack?  I just finished framing and thought about usiung PVC pipe. How would I insulate it? Is there a better way?   Second, there are two trees on my new QTH. They are around 60 feet apart (40 meter dipole). One is around 60 feet high, the other is maybe 30 feet (build a sloper). The 60 footer would be the highest antenna that I have ever had. I want to get one end of a dipole some where near the top. How do I get wire/rope that high? I have seen in the past a device that is a combination sling-shot/fishing reel. Are thay still available?   Any help would be great. Thank you in advance.   73's DW Holtman WB7SSN