Pneumatic antenna launcher

posted Aug 30th 2005 9:30am by
filed under: misc hacks

antenna launcher

I’ve always wondered if HAM radio would be an interesting hobby. Well if I got to design as many antenna launching devices as these guys it would be worth it. The pneumatic gun fires a tennis ball that trails a fishing line. Once the line is in the tree it can be used hoist the actual antenna. The site has plans for a large number of devices with different triggering mechanisms and sizes. Some are even small enough to fit in a ten gallon tub.

[thanks wasted_druid]

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10 Responses to Pneumatic antenna launcher

  • strider_mt2k says:
    August 30, 2005 at 9:56 am

    Nice!

    73 DE N2NLQ!

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  • wasted_druid says:
    August 30, 2005 at 2:23 pm

    Wow. And that’s the first and only tip I’ve ever submitted. I feel all warm and bubbly inside.

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  • wasted_druid says:
    August 30, 2005 at 2:23 pm

    Wow. And that’s the first and only tip I’ve ever submitted. I feel all warm and bubbly inside.

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  • Mike Outmesguine says:
    August 30, 2005 at 2:32 pm

    I’ve seen people use those wrist-rocket “slingshots” to launch a leaderwire into the trees, but man… A shoulder-fired tennis ball cannon makes every day a field day. w00t!

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  • Bucky says:
    August 30, 2005 at 3:49 pm

    i would have used a trebuchet. :)

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  • Garyman99 says:
    August 30, 2005 at 7:49 pm

    This is pretty awesome. But now I need a pneumatic antenna launcher PullWireBackOutOfTreeBecauseNeighborsAreMadThatTheirTreeIsRuined…er.

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  • tekdragin says:
    August 30, 2005 at 8:49 pm

    This is nice, anyone have any links to DIY air rifles?

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  • sleazye says:
    August 31, 2005 at 2:27 pm

    i prefer a potato cannon : ) Much funner and cheaper!

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  • hall says:
    August 31, 2005 at 11:34 pm

    cool, it can reach 200 feet of height

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  • Akoi Meexx says:
    September 3, 2005 at 2:02 am

    Doesn’t it seem like the first time you hit a squirrel with that thing PETA would be all over you like white on rice?

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