I've never used a spud gun....living in NJ, I'd probably get arrested for
thinking about one, but I had complete success since I was in high school
using a sling shot (also illegal here, but don't tell anyone!!!) Then a
company came out with one...just like I homebrewed....also a piece of cake.
I've also had complete success with a David & Goliath sling. One of my
elmers, WA2UGT used a compound bow. Worked great for him, but seems too
complicated. For 50 feet or less, a big hex nut with a thin string is
flawless....just throw it over selected tree limb.
....Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Molenda" <brazos@rochester.rr.com>
To: "TEN TEC DISCUSSION" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 12:20 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Hanging antennas Off topic
Hello all, I have been having trouble hanging wire antennas for a long
time . I have tried sling shots , ball or rock on a line , spud gun with
potatoes and tennis balls and all failed or took me hours upon hours to
achieve minimal success . I even went out and rented a man lift , can
you believe the darn thing would not level off and therefore did not work
. I was ready to hang my self with that OCF antenna I bought ! Then it
occurred to me I had not tried a bow and arrow yet so I did some research
and found a product that I thought would work . The kit I bought is from
AMS bowfishing . I paid 150 dollars at Gander mountain for it and had
them install it on a new compound bow I got for my daughter . (she had
been bugging me to get her one so she can start bow hunting ) I took it
home read the directions because I have no experience with Archery, and
gave it a try . My first attempt was to lay the arrow into the V of a
tree at about 75 feet , To my surprise and extrem
e pleasure I hit the darn sweet spot on the first try . I continued to
the other end with similar results . The ease of use was surprising I
figured the line would tangle and cause more aggravation Nope it has a
great design that uses a plastic bottle to capture the 5/16 Dacron line
(130 or 200 lbs. test )You just shot out ( came with 110' of line ) with
out a hitch of any kind ! You can easily unscrew the plastic bottle and
add more rope to the line if needed and is what I did . The bow was a 50
lb. compound bow from Diamond and the kit looked very simple to attach I
watched the local pro at the shop do the work . A great product that just
prevented me from buying a vertical . John kb2huk
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