Interesting. I have a 5 servo 8ft Helicopter, been flying them for years, but I've always used an old 12ft fishing beach caster with 30lb line and 5oz fishing weight.. I can zip it over a 100ft tree, tie on a light line, reel the fishing line back in then you can haul up the dipole end. Takes a few minutes to set a full 160m dipole between 2 suitable trees for Field day. Look out for one at your next boot / flea market sale!!
Ken.. G0ORH Sent from my iPad > On 24 Oct 2017, at 22:06, John Harper <[email protected]> wrote: > > A few weeks ago several folks here were discussing the hanging of an > antenna line with a quadcopter and were wondering what's available to allow > a quad to drop a line over a tall tree or other structure. > > https://ae5x.blogspot.com/2017/10/using-quadcopter-to-hang-antenna-line.html > > I just finished putting my 80m dipole up at the 90-foot level and took a > few photos of what I use to do it. The key to the whole thing is the > payload release device since a quad cannot descend with the line still > attached. > > -- > > John AE5X > https://ae5x.blogspot.com > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
