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.
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(For an enlarged view, click on the images.)
1 comment:
Great blog and I am glad to have found you online! I've learned a lot from your notes over the past year. Thanks for sharing your experiences!
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Kelly K4UPG
http://k4upg.com
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