If you got it up but it's still drooping you need the heavy duty model.
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If you got it up but it's still drooping you need the heavy duty model.
17 is rocking too.
I use new skool UV protected fabric covered bungies and they lasted longer than the wire did.
Droop helps, and using non metallic pulleys on the "corners of" a loop antenna really help.
All stuff I got at Lowes, the pulleys are large diameter ones found in the clothesline section.
Using a pulley with a counterweight works well too. http://www.radioworks.com/ninstallant.html
I was going to throw one up today but the wind gusts are killing that idea.
I have built and tested my pneumatic antenna launcher kit... it's ready for me to try as soon as it's a bit warmer.
Want to rebuild my loop, the house next door sold, and I doubt I can use their trees anymore.
Scared the crap out of some prairie dogs a couple of days ago, and wasted 6 tennis balls.
At 55 PSI shooting straight up and no line attached, the tennis balls disappear. :rofl:
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Nifty, Dave. I just used a fishing rod with a 2 oz. sinker attached, but I only had to get my line up thirty feet. I still managed to get my line caught in a neighbor's tree and lose one sinker; I guess that's what happens when you move to the desert and go 16 years without wetting a line in fresh water.
The EZ-Hang has worked well here. 60-70 feet in the air is my average. YMMV
Wish I had trees that tall to work with. Here in the coastal desert, the only reason there are trees at all is because someone planted them and they grow slowly because of the arid climate.Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ3N
With an 8' surf rod, they call them catfish rods here, and smooth line on a spinning reel, it is advisable to use a few drops of thin household oil on the line in the spool before casting. You will thank me later when your line hits the soft bark.
Using a spring and a pully? Egad! What overkill. A screen door spring (cheap!!!!) from a hardware store is all you need to compensate for swaying trees and then you do DON'T have the danger of falling weights to worry about. Just put the spring in one of the support ropes and you're good to go. Never, ever, had antenna break that was put up that way, EVER! I'd guess that you can get at least 10 years from a spring. Sure, it'll be nice and rusty by then...but it'll still be holding. And, anyway, they're very easy and cheap to replace. Parachute cord is all over hamfests as really decent antenna support rope. Usually comes in olive drab.
And don't ever forget the first scientifically proven fact of antenna raising. The worse the weather, the longer the antenna will last and the better it will work!
In the old days 9high school) I would have climbed to put up an antenna. But, these days i'm too fat to climb and I am scared of falling. In the past I've used a bow and arrow. A bit conspicuous but it worked