I am not a professional tree climber and do not even play one on tv, BUT I recommend using a
light rope with a plastic bottle partly filled with water as the throwing weight. That way, if the bottle breaks, u do not have "12 oz" of ball bearings raining down on ur or ur neighbor's heads. Also, for the times u miss and the water bottle gets hung up in a tree, when it finally comes loose, all u get is a little wet and a light plastic bottle coming down! Also, same level of safety when the water bottle comes loose from the rope in mid flight. A slingshot or bow/arrow look great, but take care of down range hits. 73 Charles Harpole [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:14:11 +0100 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Antennas in trees > > Benny Aumala wrote: >> >> http://www.antennalaunchers.com/csv19/index.htm > > That URL seems to lead to a cybersquatter (the sort that gives you > their search engine results). > > It might, though, be worth noting that professional tree climbers use > throw bags and slick line to get a messenger over a tree limb. The > throw bags are tough bags filled with around 12oz of ball bearings and > the slick link is typically a 5mm rope made from slippery plastic. > > > > -- > David Woolley > "The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to > Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio" > List Guidelines > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
