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Hauptmann replied to the thread Interesting use for a drone...Ham Radio..Very good idea, Sir Michael. I vaguely remember QST from the early '50's, and Hints and Kinks. The joining of two great hobbies. How cool is that? Just think of a Ham on vacation with his rig in the mountains somewhere being able to string a... -
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Bill, You might want to write up a small article and submit it to QST Magazine, perhaps in their “Hints and Kinks” section. It is very clever and simple to use! I have a Mini 4Pro and I may play around with that concept, I think it would work... -
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Is that an orange headliner? If so, that’s so ‘70’s. I had an fury orange dash in a 1976 TransAm.
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Look at the antennalaunchers.com design. That should give you a good idea how to deploy the line. It works very well. Also, use Spyder fishing line. Very light and strong.
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Yeah, I thought you were joking 😉. My transmitter is pretty cool, it’s tiny and amazing that there’s GPS and a thermometer and barometric altimeter built in. Wouldn’t take a very large pico balloon to carry it, but I guess it’s not tomahawk...