[TowerTalk] Putting up wire antennas with a drone?

[Dave Thompson]

Gang,

I read the QST article and have listened to all the comments.  I have used several methods to put up wire antennas including the commercial sling shot, a bow and arrow, and an airgun. The airgun is best for my location.  I have many trees and heavy branches and leaves so using a drone would be expensive if it got tangled or broken apart in my trees.  An arrow or weight are acceptable losses for me but a drone is not. I have a 80 meter vertical dipole caught is a tree so I will have to use a tree climber to unhook and put a rope over that tree.  I have a W9IIX tower offset at 67 feet and will use that for the horizontal end of a dipole L I plan for 160. I can use the airgun but must wait until the the leaves come down in the late fall unless I want to pay the tree climber to also climb that tree.

Using a drone is OK if you can control the drone and have branches that are not too thick.

Dave K4JRB