50' plus
trees this way.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message - From: Trevor Day [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Line into trees
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I've found a simple sling shot and a one to two ounce
fishing weight and monofilament fishing line to be the
easiest way for me to get a line high into a tree. I
know some folks have had success using a casting
fishing pole.
You have to do some jiggling and have some patience
to feed the weight
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Somewhere I've seen a design for a compressed air
tennis ball line throwing gun, which looks like it
could be fun.
cheers,
Julius
n2wn
Although I haven't tried it, one of the larger variety of 'spud guns'
may be useful for
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, Charles Greene wrote:
oxy-acetylene mixture was ignited by the lighted torch. We were looking for
height not distance, and managed to top some 100' trees. Can you envision an
extended double zepp on 40 at 80'?
I can tell ya that way back when, I could climb big trees
A little less spectacular than cannons but reasonably effective in the right
sort of trees are small helium-filled balloons.
It takes two people with some open space around the tree. The balloon(s)
must be capable of lifting the initial line, but that need only be string or
heavy thread. Two
: Trevor Day [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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| Somewhere I've seen a design for a compressed air
| tennis ball line throwing gun
We can get them in California too, 3/$10, with three sizes, no howlers.
I also got a single one for $4.95 in a cardboard and blister pack, as it
travels better. I use them, but consider them consumables...
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 9:39am, Stephen wrote:
For what its worth. Over here in the
From: Larry Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For years, I have used a light bow (30-40 lb pull) with practice arrows
to
shoot lines over the tall Georgia pine trees that I use for antenna
supports.
I remember in my archery days, several decades back, making and using floo
floo arrows which are
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| Somewhere I've seen a design for a compressed air
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