Wire Antenna into Tree Advice ~ 100+ Feet!!!
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Cordage can be found at Xenia hamvention, see video, minute 6:15
• Hamvention 2018 ~ My S...
I want to show you how I shoot my antenna into a tree for POTA or any portable use.
A good simple wire antenna can be shot into a tree easy.
With a basic 100 W HF radio, portable antenna and emergency generator on hand I decided to operate as Class 1B (one transmitter, portable). To keep it simple I set up at my own house and operated only SSB. Yes, I am considered portable, whether I have hauled my station and accessories 100 miles or 100 feet.
I brought the generator out of storage and located it 100 feet away from my operating spot. The distance of 100 feet was significant - it is the length of my extension cord. The antenna was a new Buddipole. I had purchased it with the intention of using it for an RV station during camping trips. So I placed my rig, microphone and foot switch on my deck and mounted the Buddipole in the dipole configuration nearby. That was my entire Field Day station.
This is an amazing video - the first video really explaining the technique of installing an antenna in the field, among hundreds of those where it is assumed there is nothing easier than fixing a wire to the tree. So, thank you very much indeed! As for a wish list, I would think that the technique of raising a dipole would also be very helpful. Possibly it is just adding a second tree, repeating the same "shooting" or throwing process. But I would love to see that. As for an inverted vee, although lacking any experience with it, I would think that one has to "shoot" with the rope as in the film, but instead of an end of a wire the central part with the coax has to be raised. But this leaves an issue on how to fix the ends - at what height and by what means. Of course, all this is just a suggestion, I really enjoyed watching the current video. And do not pay any attention to hate messages - there are lots of "nuts" on the Internet, and the films are definitely meant not for them, but for us. And it seems that I am becoming addicted to this channel! 73 de R2ARM!
Great video. Amazing that colored LED lighting all over the room ISN’T needed to convey great info. Shocking.
I’m a new ham. I literally needed this. I joke with the people at my ham club , just get out your crayons for me. That’s how I learn. Thank you ! I have this saved in my playlist now. Cheers 73!
In the time of MeshTastic this video is still very valuable. Thank you for sharing sir! 😁
I really enjoy your videos. You cover all the details others leave out. Since I live in a HOA I’ll be doing more out in the field. Have been watching your videos and now I’m a subscriber.
You produce the most informative videos on the web! You seem to enjoy teaching and sharing what you have learned. You are not the least bit snobby and I consume your information like a starving man. I am so thankful for you. Tommy
I so like your video with the clear explanation. Thank a lot for this. This technic is so helpful for HAMers, especially, for them, who live in condominium association with a lot of restriction with antennas installation.
This was absolutely brilliant! Thank you.
Thanks for the tip on the cradle throwing method. Finally took my throw bag and line out this morning for the first time and got the line where I wanted it on the first throw, which never would have happened with the single hand method.
Ok, I got how you tied the knot and the rest of your video is very informative. THANKS!!
Genious video!
Wish I saw this sooner. Made all the same mistakes, and reached the same conclusion. Man, that twine cuts like a razor! These techniques and tools really simply the task.
Thanks for sharing. I have been using a slingshot with a lead weight with Spider wire fishing line. It is a braided type line rated at 30lbs and it works very well for me coming out of an cardboard box that I unfold and refold when done. I do put a piece of thick paper in the bottom of the box to keep the line from catching on the bottom of the box. I have the top flaps cut off the box. Poor mans way of doing things for sure and I wish I had a setup as nice as yours. I do pull my 10-80 end fed up into an inverted V at hope which is my HF antenna I use at home.
Awesome ideas! Thank you for sharing. 73s
Great video, as always. That twine looks like something I got from R&W Enterprises called Handy Hundred. It's a very nice, strong twine that's slippery as heck!
I bought some really thin slippery arborist line off Amazon and with a 12oz. weighted bag that sucker hits the ground FAST. Works great.
Great video! You took the time to go slow and explain everything.
I have massively tall Heritage Live Oaks and an antenna from N9TAX labs. This is so super cool how you explain this, thank you!! I cannot wait to try these techniques!
Awesome video!
I made all the same mistakes at the beginning of the video. I got to get myself one of those slingshots ;)