My current antenna is a Comet GP6 and it is only about 30’ high in that same tree. I do need longer coax... maybe 150’? I have been thinking about upgrading to a Comet GP9. Maybe now is the time.

It took us two tries to get it done. Under two unhurried hours all told, including one drone flight to assess what the top of the tree looked like and what the angles were going to be. The first

That is awesome! What antenna are you going to hang? *********************************** Howard Mahran WA1HEM@... (425) 864-5104 *********************************** --

Don't ya just love modern technology. Thanks, Rowland

Butzi Air Services was a success! Paul graciously came to my home and placed a line over a Douglas Fir next to my driveway. I believe he said the tree is 123’ tall. We managed to get the line

Radio wire wound around toroid a few times. If that doesn't work, turn off the TV. 73 Robin WA7CPA

Howard: Start off with the basics. Make sure all RF and audio cables are firmly plugged in, attached, screwed in, etc. Make sure your radio equipment is grounded. Find out which device seems to be

When my rig is transmitting we are getting a terrible buzz in our home stereo/TV system. What might be solutions? Thanks! -- ************************* Howard E. Mahran WA1HEM (425) 864 -

Well said, Paul. I have a question about stringing up antennas. I want to raise my OCFD but if I do, a good part of one end and some of the other end will run through tree branches. Is that going to

I just don’t want to have SNOVARC members thinking “You know, I’d put up a <new antenna> if only I had a way to get a rope over the big tree.” Doing this stuff is *fun*. It’s not a

Wow. Very cool Paul. I love the break down that you did. Very generous of you to agree to help others using this, that's awesome.

This is awesome Paul! Thank you for sharing this and for the detailed “how to”. *********************************** Howard Mahran WA1HEM@... (425) 864-5104 *********************************** --

A number of folks have been eagerly awaiting a progress report on my efforts to hang antenna support lines using a drone. This afternoon I successfully put a rope in an excellent placement over a 85

Hi everyone: Sorry for the delay in getting this out. I was in the RV for a week. There are two attachments. One is the criteria for the signal report (i.e. 5-9). The other is an Excel sheet showing

Winlink is a store and forward email system. Messages sent are queued up and once another station, be it Telnet, VHF/UHF, HF or Winlink.org connects, the message is sent to that station and

I’d never used the webmail interface on winlink.org. Cool. I have no idea how many emails I’ve sent using Winlnk. Dozens for sure. There is nothing in the Winlink sent folder. So I’m guessing

Question for you Winlink veterans. I recently got Winlink on HF running (at least I believe I have). I'm wondering why messages that I have sent successfully on Winlink Express (they show up in the

https://dronefishing.com/products/gannet-x-dji-phantom-3-4-payload-bait-release-1 That’s the folks that made the release I have. -p W7PFB 73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!

Paul – what a great use of my Phantom Pro 4 that’s collecting dust! Sent from Mail for Windows 10

I just today took delivery on a payload release from my Mavic Pro Platinum. I have just used it to loft a tennis ball up 100 feet and drop it. My next step is to arrange safe rigging (you really do