traps, wires and para cord

[Jacek Radzikowski]

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.
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.

Jacek
kw4ep


On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 9:18 PM Phil via Tacos <tacos at amrad.org> wrote:

> 1. The squirrels here in my part of the UK make short work of para cord,
> so I have to use steel cable instead.
>
> 2. The fork in the chestnut tree has grown around the steel cable, so I
> can no longer lower that end... 😳
>
> Regards,
>
> Phil M1GWZ
>
>
>
> On 22 Nov 2020, at 01:13, Alex Fraser <beatnic at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> 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....
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