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VE7RC: I also have been doing that since I got into this crazy hobby. I hate saying it but that was around 1960-61, geesch, time flies when your shooting sinkers over the maples and chestnuts. I did realize that some of the newer slingshots are really nice compared to a half-century wooden Whamo. The nice thing is that I get a successful shot, where I want it, within a couple trys, sometimes first time....but certainly not multiple times like the ol' days. My latest method is to put up the first rope and then tie both ends together. That way I have a continuous loop. Then I tie-on the pulley that will hold the antenna halyard rope. In the event of failure from a storm, all I need to do is pull down the first rope until I can reach the pulley. No more tree climbing or slingshots to repair a broken halyard. Another note is to slide a 4 or 5 foot piece of old garden hose over the first rope just behind the pulley. That is what sits in the branch crotch and avoids the rope from getting stuck as the tree grows around it. Of course, this entails twice as much rope as the basic "over the limb halyard rope method", but when it's 25 degrees (F) and freezing rain, it's a God-send. And let's face it; antennas most always fail during the worst weather. That's a part of life's destiny here on earth - I don't think antennas ever fail up in Heaven. Just thinking.

Good signals to all,

73,

Bob N1KPR (recuperating from an operation and doing a lot of DX)