It uses a chamber of compressed air to shoot a tennis ball with a lead fishing weight up and over trees. Check it out! http://www.antennalaunchers.com/antlaunching.html
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:24 PM, konrad schultz <konra...@hotmail.com>wrote: > My dad (KA1WWB) and I (W1KON) have used the tried & true fishing > rod/line/sinker method for years. Cheap, easy and not a lot of > jarring/shocking thrust, since the rod is built to do exactly what you're > asking it to do. If you know how to cast a fishing rod, you know it can go > for a good couple of hundred feet - minimum. I don't know of any tree that > is taller than the length you can cast with a fishing pole. > > 73 Konrad > > > > > Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:14:11 -0400 > > From: abrohamn...@gmail.com > > To: t...@flexradio.com > > CC: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > > > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Antenna hanging: revisited > > > > I have a spud gun antenna launcher on order, its supposed to shoot 120' > or > > so. I have a ton of 75+ feet trees and I cannot wait! > > > > 73 > > Neal > > > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Tim Ellison, W4TME <t...@flex-radio.com > >wrote: > > > > > I use a child's bow and arrow set I purchased at REI along with a cheap > > > Zebco fishing real. Connect the fishing line to the end of the arrow, > open > > > the Zebco up so that it will "cast" and you can zing an arrow into and > > > through a tree to the height of about 60` very accurately. > > > > > > The weight of the arrow will bring it to the ground. > > > > > > Just connect light weight nylon string to the end of the fishing line > and > > > real it in. Then attach the heavier weight rope you are going to use to > > > hold up the antenna and pull it up. > > > > > > -Tim > > > --- > > > Tim Ellison, W4TME > > > Internet Systems Admin. & Customer Support Engineer > > > FlexRadio Systems^(TM) > > > 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 > > > Austin, TX 78728 > > > Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 223 > > > Email: t...@flexradio.com <mailto:t...@flexradio.com> > > > Web: www.flexradio.com <http://www.flexradio.com> > > > > > > logo > > > /Tune In Excitement^(TM)/ > > > PowerSDR^(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems > > > > > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended > > > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. > > > If you have received this email in error please notify the system > manager. > > > This message contains confidential information and is intended only for > the > > > individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not > > > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender > > > immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and > delete > > > this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you > are > > > notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in > > > reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7/16/2011 10:57 PM, Rick McClelland, AA5S wrote: > > > > > >> I saw a posting not long ago from a guy who hung a wire antenna by > using a > > >> golf ball with some type of small turnbuckle driven through to hold a > > >> fishing line. Today, I tried using a golf ball and a cotter pin that I > > >> bought from Home Depot. I used a C-clamp vice-grip to hold the ball as > I > > >> drilled a hole through the center. The cotter pin fit perfectly and > was > > >> nearly flush with the golf ball on both sides. I bought a couple > hundred > > >> yard roll of fishing line and pulled about 100 feet onto the ground, > cut > > >> it > > >> from the roll and tied it to the cotter pin. I'm not a great athlete > but I > > >> was able to zing the golf ball about 40' up into a willow tree and > pull my > > >> rope through. > > >> > > >> I've been at my present QTH for about two months and my temporary > antenna > > >> had been a single band 40 meter end fed dipole at 20' but now I have a > 2 > > >> band end fed (Par Electronics EF-20/40) at 40'. This is a nice > improvement > > >> and it was much cheaper using a golf ball than buying a > super-de-duper, > > >> tennis-ball rocket launching contraption to accomplish the same thing. > > >> Admittedly, the super-de-duper tennis ball rocket launching > contraption > > >> can > > >> get a line 100' into a tree but if your needs are more modest, I > recommend > > >> a > > >> golf ball, a cotter pin and hand launching the golf ball. 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