Saturday, September 12, 2009

High-flying with the Bottle Bag Antenna Launcher


The Trail-Friendly Radio column by KI6SN in the October 2009 edition of WorldRadio Online magazine features a simple antenna launching scheme known as the Bottle Bag. Accompanying photographs show the bag's configuration for both carrying and launching.



Click here to see a video on how to tie a bowline knot, which is useful in using this launching method.

Also, you may want to check out "In the Bag: Throwing Antenna Woes to the Wind" by John Kalotai, N1OLO, which was published in the Adventure Radio Society's ARS Sojourner online magazine in 2005. Click here for the link.

Click here for the latest edition of WorldRadio Online magazine. It's free.



(For an enlarged view, click on the images.)