I second Tighe's nomination of 80 lb Spectra (aka Dyneema) braided fishing line. Very light, very strong, and very slick. With a 3 oz weight (I won't say lead bank sinker on fear of being labeled a poisoner of the environment) on the end it passes through trees and to the ground like butter. You kind find 300 feet for about $7 on ebay in many different colors.
Chip AE5KA On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Robert G Strickland <[email protected]>wrote: > I understand and support the idea of lighter weight, more fun. That said, > do we want to establish the 4# figure as "it?" Seems that anything under > 10# is in the spirit of lighter/funner. I don't know the weights, but > suppose I take my K2, an external tuner ['cause I don't have the K2 > internal tuner], appropriate battery(ies), some sort of wire antenna, and a > support [no trees where I'm going], I'm probably over 4# yet sit "light > weight." It's sort of like the 5W QRP standard. Why not 10w and under? Why > not 1W and under? Granted, it's unmanageable to have a "class" for every > pound under some figure. That said, perhaps we could "weight" some "light" > configurations and find the middle point, or some such figure, and then > determine "classes" from there. Just a thought. Like the general idea very > much. > ...robert > > On 4/27/2013 07:39, Edward R Cole wrote: > >> Intriguing idea. In my case it will take the form of a lightweight >> psk-31 station. Our local club does FD every year so I may just use one >> of their antennas or rig a 20m dipole (probably a sloper). I will break >> the 4# barrier by bringing my old P90 IBM thinkpad that has a psk-31 >> program and this will force me to make up a soundcard I/F for the KX3. >> I have a pile of 12v 4AH gelcells which will suffice for power. Our >> club call is AL7LE but there is some talk of using a better callsign of >> one of the members (might be KL7RA). >> >> Back in 2005 (I think) I set up a FD psk-31 station using my FT-847 and >> the same laptop. It was powered with a 30w solar panel + diehard >> deep-cycle marine battery. My antenna was a 20m mobile whip. I was set >> up in 20-minutes while the club usually takes about 2-hours to get the >> first station running. Club name is the Moosehorn ARC. >> >> 73, Ed - KL7UW >> >> >> ______________________________**______________________________**__ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: >> http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> >> Post: mailto:[email protected].**net <[email protected]> >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> > -- > Robert G Strickland, PhD ABPH - KE2WY > [email protected] > Syracuse, New York, USA > > ______________________________**______________________________**__ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > Post: mailto:[email protected].**net <[email protected]> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
