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1. [TowerTalk] EZ-Hang (score: 1): Author: calandra1@cox.net; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:01:03 -0500; Hello, After years of dormancy, I've decided to polish off the dust on my station and become active again. I would like to hear from anyone who has used the EZ-Hang method. I have plenty of tall tree; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00249.html (7,246 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] EZ-Hang (score: 1): Author: "W0MU Mike Fatchett" <w0mu@w0mu.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:42:17 -0700; I built one using a Crossman wrist rocket and fishing reel for a lot less than the $99 they want for it. I found that a reel that has an offset worked better. Just clamp the reel to the wrist rocket; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00252.html (8,462 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] EZ-Hang (score: 1): Author: lew <lew@dsl-only.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:04:30 -0800; What is the highest elevation you can get the line up and over with a slingshot/reel combo? With just the slingshot and the 60# test line pulled off in front of me with out a reel I can get up to abo; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00253.html (8,100 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] EZ-Hang (score: 1): Author: "ROBERT CARROLL" <w2wg@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:15:18 -0500; Lew I have used that method and it works well--except when I am in grass and have to lay the line on the grass. Invariably it grabs a stalk on the way up and ruins the shot. On cement, dirt, etc I do; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00254.html (9,698 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] EZ-Hang (score: 1): Author: Dick Stein <k2zr@arrl.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:31:20 -0500; Vin, Re: E-Z Hang SlingShot I have an E-Z Hang slingshot and it works. Keep in mind that how well you do is totally dependent on how good a shot you are with it. I dedicate time and patience when I w; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00255.html (9,963 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] EZ-Hang (score: 1): Author: mike l dormann <w7dra@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:33:10 -0800; with a 8$ walmart special sling shot and 15 pound test with 1-2 oz oz of weight (depends upon tree drag and wind conditions) i can get upwards of 70 feet on a good day. using a 50 pound bow and a fis; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00258.html (7,821 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] EZ-Hang (score: 1): Author: "W0MU Mike Fatchett" <w0mu@w0mu.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:23:13 -0700; We don't have trees that high. With the right weight 120ft is within reach. It fired over a 60ft tree with out any problem. clamps. line. What is the highest elevation you can get the line up and ove; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00259.html (9,075 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] EZ-Hang (score: 1): Author: "Pat Barthelow" <aa6eg@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:11:07 -0800; Folks: I had a friend in 6th grade lose an eye with a simple rubber band and paperclip that rebounded back into his eye when he shot it...Please wear Goggles.... Also, a while back I came across the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00261.html (10,442 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] EZ-Hang (score: 1): Author: bob finger <finger@goeaston.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:12:36 -0500; I use "spider wire" that has the diameter of 6 pound mono but has the strength of about 30# test or so. Big factor is it is yellow so you can see it. With a slingshot and 4 oz weight I can easily put; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00262.html (8,311 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] EZ-Hang (score: 1): Author: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:35:40 -0500; Lew, there was a recent message on towertalk about a series of pneumatic line launchers for ham antenna use, available for purchase finished or in kit form. Looked really cool, and certainly has the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00267.html (9,979 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] EZ-Hang (score: 1): Author: Lee Buller <k0wa@swbell.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:04:39 -0800 (PST); I've always used by Zebco Rod and Reel to get the line over the trees. Just a couple of 1/2" nuts and heave-ho. Then again, I'm in Kansas and we don't have that many tall trees. Lee - K0WA In our day; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00270.html (8,784 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] EZ-Hang (score: 1): Author: "Floyd Sense" <fsense@charter.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:04:11 -0500; Pat - Everything the website says about the pneumatic launcher is true! I just completed assembling one last week, and the first 80 psi test firing sent an untethered tennis ball out of sight straigh; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00273.html (13,621 bytes)
13. Re: [TowerTalk] EZ-Hang (score: 1): Author: "Al Williams" <alwilliams@olywa.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:26:47 -0800; I home brewed a super slingshot using two 8' 2x4's and a 1x2 to make a tripod configuration. I used latex tubing commonly referred to as surgical tubing for the stretch. Each side had two 1/2" tubin; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00274.html (10,080 bytes)
14. Re: [TowerTalk] EZ-Hang (score: 1): Author: "Barry Merrill" <barry@mxg.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:29:58 -0600; I was happy to pay $29 for hardware pieces and pay a $70 reward for a brilliant and simple design that worked very well and came with spare yellow weights! Shooting from the small cleared area behind; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00276.html (9,094 bytes)
15. Re: [TowerTalk] EZ-Hang (score: 1): Author: "larryjspammenot@teleport.com" <larryj@teleport.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:32:43 -0800 (GMT-08:00); A member in one of our local radio clubs (Portland Amateur Radio Club) has one of those homebrew pneumatic line launchers that shoots tennis balls and fishing line over some pretty high trees. I saw; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00277.html (12,125 bytes)
16. Re: [TowerTalk] EZ-Hang (score: 1): Author: bob finger <finger@goeaston.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:32:43 -0500; It's all in the tools. If you use the correct weight, correct slingshot, low friction line and low friction reel 120 feet is doable. Use garden variety stuff and I agree 60 feet is the norm. I have a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00278.html (9,289 bytes)
17. [TowerTalk] EZ-hang (score: 1): Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:17:19 +0000; Sling shots and bow/arrows sound great if you have the room. Those of us in built up areas in towns with small lots face other problems: lots of houses with big windows that seem to have a magnetic a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00282.html (10,058 bytes)
18. Re: [TowerTalk] EZ-hang (score: 1): Author: "larryjspammenot@teleport.com" <larryj@teleport.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:22:29 -0800 (GMT-08:00); I'd like to find one for about $60 - the last time I had a guy come over to hoist my rope up in my backyard fir tree, it cost me $175. That was about 7 or 8 years ago. I called around lots of tree pl; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00283.html (10,766 bytes)
19. Re: [TowerTalk] EZ-Hang (score: 1): Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:39:54 -0800; Rather than lead weights (aside from the RoHS issue), I've found that 1/2-13 nuts work quite nicely. You can buy a whole box of them cheaply, so when they get snagged in the tree, and you have to bre; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00286.html (9,669 bytes)
20. Re: [TowerTalk] EZ-Hang (score: 1): Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:34:14 -0800; There was an episode of H.I. that had a pneumatic toilet paper roll launcher. J.D.Streett was the effects supervisor on the show, and built it, pretty much as you describe. http://www.jdsfx.com/ 600; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00290.html (11,030 bytes)

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