I've had my best results with a 1 oz teardrop weight {painted dayglo orange!} and a common spinning rod with 6lb monofilament line! Usually I can cast it over the limb of my choice in 2-3 tries. Regularly get it over 50' plus trees this way. 73, Sandy W5TVW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 7:11 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Line into trees
| In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, J F | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes | | snip | >Somewhere I've seen a design for a compressed air | >tennis ball line throwing "gun", which looks like it | >could be fun. | > | >cheers, | >Julius | >n2wn | > | Although I haven't tried it, one of the larger variety of 'spud guns' | may be useful for this. I have one which fires a spud section around | 200 yards when powered by 'high octane' hair spray :-) | | The problem would appear to be how to attach the line to the spud. | Perhaps a light basket shaped mesh material loosely arranged over the | muzzle of the gun with a light line attached. | | I have just done a swift 'google' , and plans for the combustion and | compressed air versions can be found here http://tinyurl.com/44rwh and | at several other sites. | | Trev G3ZYY | -- | Trevor Day | SIP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | _______________________________________________ | Elecraft mailing list | Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net | You must be a subscriber to post to the list. | Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft | Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm | Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com | | _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com