I live in Western Washington, and we have very tall (130ft+) Douglas fir everywhere. I have a few on my property and I’m coming up with a plan to hang a node relatively high up.

I have two options to do this safely. I can either use an arborist sling to shoot a rope maybe 60ft or so up, and then pull a heavier rope with the node up. Or, I could drop some fishing line and a weight from my drone and do the same thing, except possibly even higher up.

Has anyone done something like this? Am I overthinking this, or missing something?

  • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radio
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    11 hours ago

    This is exactly how we put up amateur radio antennas.

    Some things to consider:

    • how is it powered
    • how do you get it down
    • how do you stop it from killing someone on the ground when it eventually comes down
    • how will foliage growth affect the range
    • squirrels and birds will likely take an interest
    • waterproofing