[Elecraft] Fwd: Antenna Launching

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I home brewed one of those fishing reel/slingshot things that are advertised
in QST for $99 with a $15 reel, a $7 slinshot and a hose clamp.  Works great
with a heavy fishing weight in the tall oaks and maples at our lake place in
the Ozarks.  At the home QTH in Kansas we have no trees of any size in our
small yard so I just climb the tower :)

Lee Buller wrote:
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> I like to use a fishing rod and reel....with two "nuts" attached to the
> end.  I have also used 2-oz to 5-oz fishing weights.  The mono filament
> line needs to be around 10 pound test.  Yea, I know...we catch Catfish in
> Kansas...not trout.  
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> I have had good luck with this and enjoy the practice of putting the
> weights in ther "right place" for crappie season.  A few hours of casting
> and you can get pretty good at it.  
> 
> I then use some string or small rope...and back haul through the trees. 
> The tennis ball is great, but I've had them get caught in trees. 
> Yep..true!  The weights to not seem to do that.
> 
> Lee - K0WA
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> In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply.  If you
> don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it.  If you
> can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some
> Common Sense.  Is Common Sense divine?
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