[Elecraft] Portable Wire Antenna Weight

[Ken Chandler]

I use a 12ft beach caster fishing rod, 40lb line, 6oz surf lead weight.
I can shoot a line up over a 60 / 80 / 100ft tree with ease.
Splice some 2/3mm rope on the weight end( after removing it) with the fishing line, i use white tape, reel in.
Works every time.

Ken..G0ORH  

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On 18 Jun 2011, at 21:01, stan levandowski <sjl219 at optonline.net> wrote:

>   ....and that's why I used 8 lb. test fishing line instead of 300 lb 
> test nylon......
> 
> ;-)  Stan WB2LQF
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Jack Chomley wrote:
> 
>> On 19/06/2011, at 5:11, "Tom Boucher" <tom at telemetry.demon.co.uk> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> A warning.........be careful using a golf ball to put your antenna 
>>> over a tree. I did the same thing about 15 years ago, except I 
>>> drilled the golf ball and tied braided nylon cord through it. 
>>> Inevitably the ball got stuck in the 'V' of a branch so I heaved on 
>>> it, winding the cord round a piece of wood to give me more grip on 
>>> it.
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