• [VK2TPM] Raising an antenna support with a drone

    From rec-radio-amateur-moderated-request@rec-radio-amateur-moderated-request@panix.com (VK2TPM via rec.radio.amateur.moderated Admin) to rec.radio.amateur.moderated,aus.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.antenna on Fri Mar 4 05:52:10 2022
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    marxy's musing on technology

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    Raising an antenna support with a drone

    Posted: 03 Mar 2022 09:14 PM PST http://blog.marxy.org/2022/03/raising-antenna-support-with-drone.html

    This week I had visits from several hams including Dave, VK3ASE, who
    brought a long squid pole and an offer to help with antenna raising.
    Dallas, VK3EB, helped with the off centre fed dipole.-aI decided to try raising a line over a nice clear tree branch with a drone rather than the squid pole. The drone could lift the line without problem, the issue (which
    I anticipated), was landing again on the

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