On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 14:00:10 -0500, Mike Coslo wrote:

Thanks everyone for the helpful tips. I guess not many people do have
big trees! I'll give it a shot here, and may even get to lay in the
radials before the ground freezes. My main reasons for doing a vertical
in the first place is to attempt some 80 meter dx now that the upper
bands are closing in.

- Mike KB3EIA -

Hi Mike,

My Maples have leaves that put the Canadians to shame.

Anyway, what I have had done is installed pullies above, and at
roughly the 4 foot level with a continuous loop feeding through them
both. On the loop I have rings to attach anything (like another
pulley) and I can hoist projects like a flag and never worry about the
rope's bitter end flopping out from above, or being irretrievable.

My longwire was launched by bow to go over the crown of more than
several to stretch out more than 300 feet (at about 60 to 90 feet
height).

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC