I brought down the Slim Jim with its existing halyard that’s slung over a branch in the front tree. I used the that halyard to pull a throw weight and pulley on a new line into the same spot. I dropped the pulley straight down from high spot in the tree, and pulled the halyard out completely. I ran halyard line through the new pulley and hoisted it back up into the tree. Now the Slim Jim hangs free instead of tangled up through the tree.
Tree Antennas
Since the flagpole Yagi fell, and I’m not rushing to put it back up, I figured I’d see if I can get my 2-meter antennas in the tree higher.
I threw the line up over the tree to have it drop down the middle, and I now pull the slim-jim antenna up through the middle of the tree. It’s not the highest antenna, above the ground-plane antenna.
I also took a moment to untangle the halyards and feed lines. I looped the 2 feed lines through a spring clip on the roof line to keep them from slapping around so much.
I’m getting good APRS decodes off the lower antenna, and strong repeater signals on the high antenna, but it doesn’t quite receive the 985 repeater.