Topband: Drones for antenna installation?

[Ed Sawyer]

Interesting discussion on shooting antenna wires in trees.  

 

I have used a bow and arrow for 25 years.  Cheap practice bow (good for
trees up to 100ft) and practice arrows with an open tip.  I fill the tip
with a few nuts (ie nuts and bolts nuts) and tape the end shut which gives
just a bit of weight to the arrow - nose down.  This hampers the distance
capability a bit but still allows clearing of a 100 ft tree.  And then the
arrow drops like a stone through the tree branches.  I have not lost an
arrow in many many years.

 

I have developed pretty darned good accuracy over the years.  So while drone
is cool, the need is not there, and the loss of an occasional $2 arrow is a
non-issue compared to a $200 - $750 drone.

 

I am always surprised that people don't use the bow and arrow more.  Spud
guns and slingshots seem to be more popular.

 

Ed  N1UR