On Dec 11, 11:28*pm, "Sal M. Onella" wrote:
On Dec 6, 9:42*am, JIMMIE wrote:





On Nov 27, 12:27*pm, John Ferrell wrote:

There is an artical by W4SSY in the March 2009 QST Magazine. I am
planning to duplicate it for use at my QTH. I am interested in any
comments, especially from anyone who may have already built one.

My available trees may be about 80 feet so that is my minimum
expectations!

There is a lot of Google information available but I am trying to
focus on this example.

John Ferrell W8CCW

I wonder if my spud gun could be used for this. No compressor
required.

Jimmie

Yes. *My one afternoon with a spud gun was conclusive. *That sucker
will throw a potato hundreds of feet. *My host that day insisted that
nobody raise the barrel above about 30 degrees because the spuds would
go over the woods and onto his neighbor's property, which we could not
even see! *Propellant is a one-second spritz of hair spray. *Not sure
what kind of line to insert through the potato, though. *Kite-cord?
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Just clamp the old Zebco on the side.

Jimmie