Don't shoot your eyes out......;)
Don't shoot your eyes out......;)
"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution
I am only hoping I can get the string up high enough. I want to get it as close to the top of the tree as I can. At least >=65 feet. If the slingshot maneuver can't get enough altitude I'll have to settle for a lower antenna installation until I can get a bow and arrow up there.Originally Posted by PA5COR
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
Surgical tubing + tennis ball + 15 lb fishing line + some sticks = Slingshot for antenna...
Boy, when I saw the name of the thread, I thought it was going to be another photo of MOT in his, well....you remember.
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What photo? :rofl: :rofl:
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"One man with courage makes a majority." ~ Andrew Jackson
Steve KA9MOT
Macomb, IL
Heck, when I saw the thread reappear, I just knew John had put his wire up and I had finally won this harrowing test of antenna erecting procrastination skill.
I'm becoming concerned about his tenacity, and I need to misplace a few parts for a while.:)
"Bacon, Beans and Limousines"
"Actually, it's a Democratic Republic; Democratic comes first".
Please don't confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is obviously me, But my attitude depends largely upon you.
LIke I've offered before....I could have an all-set-to-go slingshot launcher up to you in Yonkers in about an hour. That's MORE than "reality [sic] soon." Could do it this afternoon.
AND that gives us the chance to get to know each other beyond lifeless, ordorless, tasteless bits, bytes and pixels -- an experience that is always very, very nice!
How 'bout it, John? You can have it on loan for as long as you want it.
Matter of fact, you'd be doing me a favor. It's been a while since I've had the car out & it needs to be used occasionally.
If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.
BTW....the hanger I got at a hamfest was very simply but effectively built. It's a braced slingshot with a Zebco fishing reel attached with hose clamps. Haven't used it yet...looking forward to that. And there are other ways of making them that google-fu can turn up.
If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.
Slingshots illegal in NJ... I am forced to climb my trees to put up wire antennae.
Last time I checked, the law was written so that they aren't illegal if you have a lawful explanation. Don't know, really, how that works out.
So go to the Wal-Mart just across the state line in PA and buy a slingshot, the cheapest spin-casting or maybe even spinning reel you can find, a package of weights from the fishing tackle display, and two hose clamps of the appropriate size (the slingshot you're carrying by that time will be a good guide for that). Won't cost very much money at all.
Then, in the parking lot, find a place to mount the reel on the slingshot with the host clamps, then mount it.
If the reel didn't come loaded with line, load it.
Tie one of the weights onto the end of the line.
Pack it up real nice so it's obvious it's a useful tool, not a toy. There's probably a stuff-sack in the Wal-Mart off the parking lot you're working in that will do nicely as a carrying case for your brand-new Antenna Erector. Viola!
If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.
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