[SEDXC] Additional info on how to pay out line without tangling it
David Thompson
thompson at mindspring.com
Thu Jul 7 13:21:38 PDT 2011
Thanks for all the info. I did look into the spud/tennis ball launcher but
my friend in the Gwinnett County Police told me that there might be an
ordinance regulating this type of launcher. I am going to try a tennis
launcher later this weekend.
I lay out my #8 nylon string so there is plenty of string to go over the
branch I am shooting at and go at least part way down. I use aluminum
arrows with no tip and attach 2 bolts to the end. I seldom have any problem
with the line breaking or catching
except on a branch coming back down. That was one of the problems with the
EZ-Hang was the line snagged going up and the the ball tip would hang up on
a branch going down. I still have three pieces of the EZ-Hang stuck in
trees.
I like the suggestions that Tom W8JI and Joe AA4NN had on a way to secure a
reel with the bow and arrow. I have used this bow since I bought it 20+
years ago when the Lionel Toy Store closed on Buford Highway. It was a
return and I paid 1/3 the retail price.
I put up full wave loops at my house and my cottage on St. Simons and at
least a dozen antennas. I only have to concentrate on 80 and 160 as I have
beams on 40 to 10.
Thanks for all the suggestions. I moved all of them to a folder so I can
review them all later.
73 Dave K4JRB
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