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Re: [CQ-Contest] Drones and antennas

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Drones and antennas
From: David Gilbert <ab7echo@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 20:45:55 -0700
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Instead of a magnetic system, I bought one of these release mechanisms for my DJI Mavic Air 2 and it works very well.  A servo motor pulls a pin that releases a ring with whatever you want to drop attached to it.

https://www.amazon.com/Hanatora-Payload-Airdrop-Delivery-Transport/dp/B08GFXHCBB/ref=sr_1_6?crid=3FYMAJMK0TN7C&keywords=drone+release+and+drop+device&qid=1684813399&sprefix=drone+release%2Caps%2C341&sr=8-6

73,
Dave   AB7E


On 5/22/2023 8:18 PM, K3ZJ David Siddall wrote:
An article on using a drone to put up an antenna by N3KS (TI5W/TI7W) from
QST provides some ideas:
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/QST/This%20Month%20in%20QST/November2017/Sirag.pdf

73, Dave K3ZJ

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