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?
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Planning to also put a solar charger with it?
Yep, that’s the plan! This is what I’m going to put up there, ideally.
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
Thanks. To answer this:
- 3 small solar panels, using this case.
- I plan on leaving the rope or fishing line attached so I can bring it back down if needed
- Luckily it’s in a forest on my property, and the branch it would be on is more likely to kill someone, but it’s good to consider either way
- It’ll definitely have an affect, although I’m not sure how much. Maybe I can choose a part of the branch with little foliage?
- They definitely will
- I plan on resin coating the case and using silicone around the panels. We do get a ton of rain here, but hopefully it wouldn’t matter too much if it died from rain since it’ll be relatively cheap
