What you need are a set of climbing poles, which needs the poles, 3 ropes and a weight. The climbing poles are very two long rods with a hook on the end of each able to slide along each other (but not tilt !). The poles extend via two ropes, one per pole attached to the base of that pole and to near the top of the other. Then you hook the first pole over a branch. Pull on a rope to extend the second pole and hook it over a higher branch. Continue branch by branch up the tree. This contraption can carry a weight attached to a third rope with a release mechanism (a breakable tie for example). When over the branch you want, pull the rope from the correct side so the weight comes over the branch and back down to ground. The climbing contraption also needs to be tied to the rope so you can unhook it from the lower branch.
After this, curse the fact you forgot to tie the aerial to the rope and start again. Hard work. It is easier to fire up a weight in a catapult. To stop leaving failed projectiles (e.g. tennis balls) in the tree, make the projectile out of ice, it will then melt. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Elecraft-Antennas-in-trees-tp582760p585503.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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
