Freedom Cannon The Most Insane Ham Radio Antenna Launcher Ever | K6UDA Radio
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- čas přidán 1. 08. 2019
- I've seen antenna launchers before, I own a tennis ball launcher and have used it many times. Nothing even comes close to the cannon I'm about to show you. With this Freedom Cannon, you can launch a tennis ball several thousand feet. A Must watch.
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Dang, that ball came down with ice on it :)
Not sure that's legal here in Commyfornia. Oh wait, it's a single shot so we're good (for now).
Fireguy-1322 till old Nancy sees this and get offended.
Outstanding! Now get a haircut! On second thought, its got SF/SEAL look with that launcher.😂😂
We're gonna need more wire !!! LMAO
My dog would love this.
I think someone might call the police if i go out in the woods with that thing!
Wow, congrats to Dustin, very cool! Thanks Bob for the great video, hams are so inventive. If I ever go in a park in Canada with a thing like this people are going to call the police for sure, hihi. 73 Pascal VA2PV
Now that is some serious firepower...just WOW...
In the PRNJ (People's Republic of New Jersey), this is considered an assault weapon and could put you in prison for possessing it.
Not sure that dude is wearing a rug scarf in that heat, but hey he is the machinist. lol
When your neighbors see this, they‘ll never complain about TVI
I am thinking this could get a 160 meter dipole up a half a wave length. No more cloud burner wire antennas.
Mike N6IMY
Dreadlocks mullet, cool.
Bob, your tennis ball launcher is smaller than Dustin's tennis ball launcher.
But you have a more interesting personality. ;-) hahah
But how good does it shoot spuds?
Next up, how to build an antenna launcher that puts your antenna in geostationary orbit.
I wanna see the valve parts. I need one of these.
Love it....shame it isnt legal in VK6 land. 73 from VK6MMB
Did I miss the actual launch ?
same setup with a barbacue lighter and some sprayed fuel in the chamber will do it, Google potatoe cannon.
Has anyone tried using a drone to fly the fishing line up a tall tree?
I just use my drone
Which will probably be the future for launching, and trimming trees in the future. Nice job.
Lol. 160m, No Problem.
Don't throw it away I'll take it
I built one of these a long while back for my son and dog and can easily clear 69ft trees with tennis ball. I would like to see guys actually put the wire up into the tree then retrieve it. Building the cannon is not as interesting as how your use it in a practical manner.
We routinely put wire over 100 ft trees and pull them back out when we're done playing.
K6UDA it would be great to see you do that
K6UDA also show how you either make or where you buy weighted tennis balls
I prefer a bow and arrow. Nothing to build and a full size compound bow is more powerful. A kids youth bow will reach about 60-70ft depending on what size fishing like you use and how much weight you add to the arrow. But using the size line he used in this video is big time over kill! Use 10 lbs fishing line first. Then attach the stronger line and pull it over next.
But retrieving it is easy! Maybe your not following the procedure. Its videos showing deploying. But you basically use enough line to reach from ground, over the tree and back down. Then tie the antenna to the line, pull it up and tie off the line. To retrieve it you untie the line and unless its stuck it will usually fall on its own.
It helps if you have help. Have the helper pull on the antenna to keep it out of the limbs on its way down. Especially on a sloper configuration. I prefer using two trees and a dipole strung between them. When you untie one end it doesn't tend to fall into the limbs as bad as say a end fed in a sloper configuration.
Plus it all depends on how permanent you need it to be. For a few hours just use fishing line. For a few days use at least 50lbs test line. For more than that dacron is best. Plus figure in the size / weight if the antenna and feed line. Like for a 160M dipole it needs to be strong!
I go camping a lot for a couple weeks at a time and 20lb fishing line works just fine for even a 80M dipole. Plus if it breaks fishing line is cheap! Just shoot and pull over anther one.
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