On Sat,8/1/2015 4:03 PM, ve4xt@mymts.net wrote:
I have no problem getting the line over a nice, tall branch but the arrow and
tennis ball get caught up on the way back down.
Here's a useful tool that my Chicago ham club bought and loaned to members.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIitgJ0M5dk
http://www.sherrilltree.com/Big-Shot-Standard-Kit#.Vb47__lVhBc
http://www.sherrilltree.com/Sherrill-Throwbag#.Vb47W_lVhBc
http://www.sherrilltree.com/BIG-SHOT-Line-Reel#.Vb48NPlVhBc
You will occasionally lose weights. Fishing weights can be used to
launch the line, but their visibility is poor, so they're hard to find.
Here's the other popular product, clearly the best. K2RD brought his to
my QTH soon after I moved here and cleared the top of a 175' redwood on
his first shot.
You can buy replacement weights for both products. Some trees are much
worse than others for snagging them. The smaller and smoother they are,
the less likely the weights are to snag. It's often possible to "worry"
the line back and forth to clear branches.
73, Jim K9YC
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