[TowerTalk] Putting up wire antennas with a drone?

[Doug Ferrell]

Took me 45 minutes with my Phantom 4 and payload dropper to reinstall my doublet after Hermine took it down...

...DOUG
KD4MOJ


On June 17, 2018 10:26:52 AM EDT, Dave Thompson <thompson at mindspring.com> wrote:
>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
>
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