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I once threw a weight with a transformer wire and some string attached to it over a high tree branch in my yard to see if it would make a decent antenna for my
by estiaan 3y ago
I once threw a weight with a transformer wire and some string attached to it over a high tree branch in my yard to see if it would make a decent antenna for my SDR, it worked!
It was an extremely inexpensive ~5m antenna
- vvanders 3y agoThat's actually a really common lightweight SOTA[1] antenna. [1] https://www.sota.org.uk/ https://www.sota.org.uk/
- 2ICofafireteam 3y agoMy Lawyer says not to tell you a spud gun can heave a line a good height/distance if you want to make a folded dipole antenna using an old growth fir tree. Just tie your line through a hole in a soup can and put it over the muzzle before firing a spud.