+1 on the Ryobi hand held inflator. Much better than carrying a small air tank or heavy/bulky jump start kit. Makes easy and quick work of pressurizing the spud gun.
tnx Mike / W5JR Alpharetta GA > On Nov 28, 2018, at 7:00 PM, Grant Saviers <gran...@pacbell.net> wrote: > > I'll second the success with the CSV19 tennis ball launcher. You won't need > the top model for 60' trees but I do recommend the fishing archery spool > option for paying out the line - very smooth and snag free. The PE braid is > so light that one problem is how far the wind drift will take it. Shoot with > the wind if you can. Beats every other method I've seen other than a tree > climber. If you buy the kit carefully RTFM. The tennis ball is weighted > with about a dozen pennies so comes down thru firs easily. > > Be careful, the weighted ball energy is dangerous. Handle with firearm rules. > Also the recoil requires aiming & flinch control like a larger bore handgun. > > A really nifty accessory is the Ryobi 18v battery powered hand held inflater, > especially if you have Ryobi tools. It makes quick work of pressurizing in > the field. $19 last I saw at HD. > > Grant KZ1W > >> On 11/28/2018 15:34 PM, Wayne Kline wrote: >> Terry. >> I never used one of those pneumatic air launchers….. following your link >> looks like a great option. >> In the past I have used a bow and arrow wit the bow having a Zebco spin cat >> real attached. But was limited because I have a 1000 ft road frontage tree >> line and arrows descending can be a problem. >> I ran across a wrist rocket which uses a tennis ball … I got a few hand >> balls seemed to work better falling through the tree branches and have been >> using it in that configuration for a while. >> My trees are not in the 100ft range but more in the 50/60 ft >> YMMV >> Wayne W3EA >> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 >> ________________________________ >> From: Topband <topband-boun...@contesting.com> on behalf of terry burge >> <k...@comcast.net> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 6:04:10 PM >> To: topband@contesting.com; terry burge >> Subject: Topband: tennis ball launcher for antennas >> Sometime back I bought one of those cheaper launchers that shot a 1-1.5 oz. >> fishing weight with fishing line attached. It was scary because if that >> fishing weight hit something other that the ground or the fish line broke >> you never knew where that thing was going to land. >> I now have a CSV19 Pneumatic Antenna Launching System like you can see at >> www.antennalaunchers.com/csv19/index.html<http://www.antennalaunchers.com/csv19/index.html>. >> I have used it with a lot of success and have seen it send a tennis ball >> over a 105' fir tree about half again as high. I think with the max 80# of >> pressure (think that is what the max is labeled) can get a woven fish line >> over a tree at least 160' tall. 100+ feet for sure. The big thing is to have >> a lot of fish line on the fishing real and don't forget to open the bail. If >> you start breaking lines and try splicing them together that can be a >> problem catching on the reel spool. The new woven fish lines are even >> smaller and I think lighter than monofilament. Can't remember how many times >> I've had to search for the tennis ball because the 30-40# fishing line >> broke. Even have one on my third guy line up on my tower. >> Wind can sometimes be a problem of course. Was really a problem with the >> first launcher using that in Keizer (in town). Hitting right above the top >> of a tall fir tree as a target you would be surprised just how far off one >> can go. >> Terry >> KI7M >> _________________ >> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector >> _________________ >> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector