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Old November 30th 09, 01:11 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Ralph Mowery Ralph Mowery is offline
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"John Ferrell" wrote in message news Next: 55 PSI
a little more vertical... overshot the tree with lots of
clearance and passed over several others and rattled down in the
woods. I saw it come down but still lost it in the leaves. It is time
to get the fishing reel in place! The tire pressure gauge I measured
with may not be accurate, it is about 25 years old.



I found 12 volt DC would work my valve just fine. I used one of the
emergency battery boster packs to power mine.

It is usually beter to shoot from the woods to an open area if you can.

I found a open face spinning reel with some low test line on it. I did
not think it would be heavy enough to pull the line over the trees, but it
was for a very light line that I used to pull a heavy line back over with.

If you use hose clamps to hold the reel on with, clamp it to the air chamber
side. I found that if I used the barrel side the clamps restricted the
bore.

You do not need the projectile to be very tight.
I just used some electrical tape to make it fit beter. Used orange as I
though it might make it easier to find .