I use a 12ft beach caster fishing rod, 40lb line, 6oz surf lead weight.
I can shoot a line up over a 60 / 80 / 100ft tree with ease.
Splice some 2/3mm rope on the weight end( after removing it) with the fishing
line, i use white tape, reel in.
Works every time.
Ken..G0ORH
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On 18 Jun 2011, at 21:01, stan levandowski <sjl...@optonline.net> wrote:
> ....and that's why I used 8 lb. test fishing line instead of 300 lb
> test nylon......
>
> ;-) Stan WB2LQF
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Jack Chomley wrote:
>
>> On 19/06/2011, at 5:11, "Tom Boucher" <t...@telemetry.demon.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> A warning.........be careful using a golf ball to put your antenna
>>> over a tree. I did the same thing about 15 years ago, except I
>>> drilled the golf ball and tied braided nylon cord through it.
>>> Inevitably the ball got stuck in the 'V' of a branch so I heaved on
>>> it, winding the cord round a piece of wood to give me more grip on
>>> it.
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