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<p><font size="+1" face="Comic Sans MS">I love marine blocks. They
are also strong and light weight. I however won't use them for
the antenna as you need a loop of rope to hold the pulley up.
This doubles the amount of rope you need. I have a plan to
mount some inverted V's on the roof though and I will use a
pulley there at the peak. The longer dipoles in the trees will
run East West and the ones on the roof will be below them
running North South to cut cross talk. Of course the weather is
getting colder which brings back memories of the last time I did
this same thing. Oh well it's almost a tradition now...</font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/21/2020 9:24 PM, Jacek
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<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>
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<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.
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<div>2. The fork in the chestnut tree has grown around the
steel cable, so I can no longer lower that end... 😳</div>
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<div>On 22 Nov 2020, at 01:13, Alex Fraser <<a
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<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>
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<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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