I find that large Dixie cups make for much higher fidelity audio. Jim W4JED

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Those ultra-mini transformers on BNC connector are very cute, but have one major drawback IMO. Because they are attached directly to the TRX, therefore they are at the ground level when oparating. Alt

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I haven't tried them, but these are available and lightweight. The owner is a pretty stand-up guy as well! https://checkout.tn07.com/

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I made few portable mini dipole and w3dzz for portable use Best Regards, Stein-Roar Brobakken post@... LB3RE K3RAG Skype: lb3re.rag

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Interesting and added effort. Consider this you have a QCX and battery plus key aaand all the usual stuff in you pack for a day maybe over night in the field, maybe a mountain. What does you antenna h

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SOTAbeams and QRPGuys sells trap kits. Price varies depending on how much power you want them to handle. I thought about this, but I went the simple route and did a 20/30/40 linked EFHW. 0dB insertion

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Steve, Great information! Nice tips included also. I think I'll give this a go myself. Michael

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Attached please find two vidios that I found helpful for making a 1/2 wave end fed antenna so an extra tuner is not required. Hope you like it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-_LyhdGapM https://www.

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+1 for the pneumatic launcher, I built this kit. It has a good release valve design. http://www.antennalaunchers.com/csv19/csv19asm.html Also +1 on Allison's comments: You want to shoot for a fork or

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Steve, Check your email... we're nearly neighbors. You have neighbors who have tennis-ball shooters which will easily top the tallest tree... the local hams are very knowledgeable and helpful... and b

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Hi, Steve Try a 1 foot long piece of half inch plastic pipe with a cheap fishing reel and monofilament line and a Wrist Rocket slingshot with a one ounce fishing sinker attached to it. Will do 60 feet

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Just put the reel on the ground. Works fine and every time. I still wear safety glasses.

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Opps... Someone may have a drone with a "claw" and TV camera on it. Jack, W8TEE

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I use exactly what Allison described, but I will add that the location of the fishing reel is important. After hit and miss adventures with having the reel mounted out front of the wrist rocket I hit

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Check your club. Someone may have a draw with a "claw" and TV camera on it. That's the case for me and the Al (AC8GY) managed to drop the weight through a 3' opening in the canopy of trees...worked li

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How about a nice strong sling shot... Thin wire... small fishing weight... Never used one myself, but we had one of those two man long surgical tubing sling shots at a camp out once.... Awesome flight

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First - congratulations! Second - similar situation here, surrounded by 110' + trees. I use a pneumatic launcher which is accurate ans easily puts lines over my trees. This is the modle I use. http://

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THe tool I used is a modified WristRocket to include a spinning reel full of 10 pound test and the weight is a 1-1.5oz sinker. That has worked for stuff to 60ft (tall for here) with ease. More often I

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My 40M Ammo can QCX and I have found a new home (Well a second home) . 1.6 Acres in the Western VA Mountains. Its for sure no perfect location, but I have trees TALL TALL SCARY trees that tower over w

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