<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">The best solution for pulling ropes which should be movable are marine pulleys. Don't bother with pulleys from hardware stores. They are garbage. The rope will jam between the pulley and the casing, and you will not be able to move it without climbing up the tree.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">With the pulley hanging on a small loop of rope you will not risk immobilizing it when the tree grows around, and it will protect the tree from getting damaged by moving rope.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Jacek</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">kw4ep</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 9:18 PM Phil via Tacos <<a href="mailto:tacos@amrad.org">tacos@amrad.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">1. The squirrels here in my part of the UK make short work of para cord, so I have to use steel cable instead.<div><br></div><div>2. The fork in the chestnut tree has grown around the steel cable, so I can no longer lower that end... 😳</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Phil M1GWZ</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 22 Nov 2020, at 01:13, Alex Fraser <<a href="mailto:beatnic@comcast.net" target="_blank">beatnic@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</div><br><div>
<div><p><span dir="auto"> <font size="+1" face="Comic Sans MS">I had an
antenna rope pulled through a tree in the front yard. Over the
years it pulled through the branches and my antennas got lower
and lower. I used my sling shot/fishing reel to shoot some
fishing line over the tree so I could pull some rope over the
tree much higher up. I then pulled the old rope down so I
could pull it back through the top of the tree. Well the
fishing line snapped as I was pulling it up. Bummer, I guess
6# monofilament is too weak so I've ordered some 20# line. I
got permission from a neighbor to use one of his trees in the
back yard. When I'm finished I hope to have some dipoles on
the lower bands and much higher up in the sky. <br>
</font></span></p><p><span dir="auto"><font size="+1" face="Comic Sans MS">I ordered some
monofilament line and 500' of para cord.  I'm doing better
this year as I usually wait till it's too cold out to work
comfortably. I hope that won't effect the pleasure I get from
the signals....</font><br>
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