[Lowfer] 2200m-vention and close down

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:11:19 -0600

Now that would be a fun project for a Lowfer meet next time!!! I saw those
pumpkin launchers also. Those suckers flew a heck of a long way.

Mike>WE0H

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On Behalf Of Lyle Koehler
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 10:53 AM
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Subject: Re: [Lowfer] 2200m-vention and close down

I saw a discussion on one ham radio newsgroup a few years ago regarding the
use of guns as aids for putting up Field Day antennas. One person detailed
the procedure for using a rifle fitted with a grenade launcher -- preferably
using dummy grenades. For us poor civilians who don't have access to such
hardware, another suggestion was to use a potato cannon, for which there are
many designs available on the Web. All it takes is some PVC pipe and a
little hair spray or propane. Neither technique is likely to make you very
popular with the neighbors, though.

I have also seen specials on the Discovery channels about punkin chunkin'
contests and reconstructions of various middle-age trebuchets. With those,
Bill A might be able to skip the intermediate steps and launch 3/4 inch pipe
directly. I'm not sure what the appropriate warning would be prior to such a
launch. "Fore!" may not be adequate. Maybe something more like "Take that,
you gravy sucking pigs!", or whatever the Monty Python line was.

Lyle, K0LR

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