I bought two under-$200 drones, and sent back both for a refund. (I have also used slingshots/fishing reels/lead weight.)
Neither of those worked as well as the pneumatic launcher that I bought from the Joplin, Missouri ARC. And it was windy, too! But the calmer the wind speed, the better. http://joplin-arc.org/antenna-launchers/ Both our trial shot and the second shot pulled the included weight and fishing line right over the tree, exactly where we needed it! :-) Flying a drone takes many hours of practice. And how will you get the drone if it gets stuck way up in the tree?! :-) 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 2:16 PM Dwight Jones <dwightjo...@outlook.com> wrote: > I have been thinking about purchasing a drone. It just occurred to me that > I might be able to use it to install antenna wires. A row of trees > separates my lot from my neighbor's. The row is about 150 feet long and 65 > feet high. A similar row runs in front of my house, but that row is closer > to power lines. > > Should I use the drone to drop a wire directly on the trees? Or should I > drop a fishing line and try to pull a wire through all those trees? A third > option is to use a Cushcraft MA160V. > > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector