Great invention. Found using 3/8 ID tubing worked better in my hands. Recommend placement of a swivel connector between the pulley and wire antenna so the pulley will not get tangled in the line thru the pulley when the antenna wire gets twists in it. Found pulleys on Amazon .
This is awesome. I don’t need to get my pulley back down in my case so I can just do the pulley doubled back and into the loop for the slip knot. Excited to try it out thanks for sharing
@@MostlyBuilds I finally hung the antenna in the tree last weekend. It worked just like in your videos. I haven't tried to take it down of course, but I do like how the tubing protects the rope on the limb. I'm sure I'll continue to use this method. Thanks!!
I have an efhw antenna sloper configured from my shack up to a tree. There is pulley in the tree with 5 kg weight giving the wire a gravity pull. Is it a good idea? I'm not sure but the gravity pull keeps the wire straight at all time.
That’s what I do with my center fed dipole. I have 3 pulleys with weights holding it up. I think my weights are between 3-4kg. The weight of the antenna wire and how strong it is will dictate how much counter balance weight you can safely use before it breaks the wire. I posted two videos about the weights that I made. Here is the second one where I filled them with BBs: th-cam.com/video/30LFzLWNYWU/w-d-xo.html
Great invention. Found using 3/8 ID tubing worked better in my hands. Recommend placement of a swivel connector between the pulley and wire antenna so the pulley will not get tangled in the line thru the pulley when the antenna wire gets twists in it.
Found pulleys on Amazon .
This is awesome. I don’t need to get my pulley back down in my case so I can just do the pulley doubled back and into the loop for the slip knot. Excited to try it out thanks for sharing
Great demonstration! For others - please remember you can change the playback speed to .75. Makes it easier to follow. I am going to try this!
Thanks! Gonna watch and take notes because I have a wire antenna that I've been wanting to hang for awhile. 73, K8JLW
Good luck! Would love to hear how things went if you feel like reporting back.
@@MostlyBuilds I finally hung the antenna in the tree last weekend. It worked just like in your videos. I haven't tried to take it down of course, but I do like how the tubing protects the rope on the limb. I'm sure I'll continue to use this method. Thanks!!
Glad to hear it worked out! Thanks for the update!
I have an efhw antenna sloper configured from my shack up to a tree. There is pulley in the tree with 5 kg weight giving the wire a gravity pull. Is it a good idea? I'm not sure but the gravity pull keeps the wire straight at all time.
That’s what I do with my center fed dipole. I have 3 pulleys with weights holding it up. I think my weights are between 3-4kg. The weight of the antenna wire and how strong it is will dictate how much counter balance weight you can safely use before it breaks the wire.
I posted two videos about the weights that I made. Here is the second one where I filled them with BBs: th-cam.com/video/30LFzLWNYWU/w-d-xo.html
@@MostlyBuilds Thanks for your tip . Excellent work, in your video on counter balance weights.