On 19/06/2011, at 5:11, "Tom Boucher" <[email protected]> wrote:
> A warning.........be careful using a golf ball to put your antenna over a > tree. I did the same thing about 15 years ago, except I drilled the golf ball > and tied braided nylon cord through it. Inevitably the ball got stuck in the > 'V' of a branch so I heaved on it, winding the cord round a piece of wood to > give me more grip on it. > > Snip>> I find my safest option is just setup a sloper, using a 7 metre squid pole is best for me! My ball throwing ability is not good, my hand grenade throwing ability in the military, was a failure, too :-) 73, Jack VK4JRC K2 under construction ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
