[UK-CONTEST] Wire antennas slung over trees

[John Wayman]

A good tip I was once given by someone much wiser than I:
When throwing bits of string over trees in the vicinity of houses, greenhouses, etc. use an orange as the weight.
If it all goes horribly wrong, you usually just get a nasty sticky mess on the window, instead of a smashed pane and lots of shouting... The same applies if it hits a passing small boy on the head, for example.
Best to have several oranges, though!

John


----- Original Message ----
From: Dave Sharred <dave at g3nkc.orangehome.co.uk>
To: UK-Contest <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, 6 March, 2008 7:08:06 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Wire antennas slung over trees

Seen some good advice on the reflector about launching lines over trees.

I personally haven't had much luck with catapults - I got a fishing bait
type one some while ago; wasn't very good.  I used a fishing reel in it's
free mode; mounted on a stick facing the tree.  Maybe my technique was wrong
?


I ended up attaching the fishing reel to a piece of waste pipe tube; and
casting it over a tree. I could get to around 50 ft like this with the usual
caveats.

One piece of advice not seen yet - I got some dayglo orange paint, and
dipped the weights in this. That way, it is easier to pick the weight out
when it is dangling in thin air !!!

73

Dave
G3NKC



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