{"id":7835,"date":"2026-04-15T12:12:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/?p=7835"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:05:10","slug":"3-d-printed-antenna-launcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/3-d-printed-antenna-launcher\/","title":{"rendered":"3-D Printed Antenna Launcher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pierre Boucher VE7AL\/VE7NRO brought this handy device at our latest Hillside Mall coffee session. It was suggested that he try it inside the mall as an experiment &#8211; but that didn&#8217;t happen! Great for Field Days, though! CQ CQ CQ<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Free-Shot-1030x856.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7840\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2032789792839411;width:347px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Free-Shot-1030x856.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Free-Shot-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Free-Shot-768x638.jpg 768w, https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Free-Shot-1500x1247.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Free-Shot-705x586.jpg 705w, https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Free-Shot.jpg 1516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>The Free Shot<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you know someone who can do the 3D plastic printing, you might like to make one too. Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/makerworld.com\/en\/models\/2549978-the-free-shot-antenna-line-launcher?appSharePlatform=copy&amp;fbclid=IwdGRzaAQuWe9jbGNrBC5Zn2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHnNz-BXEW7GXxHWJcm2xHNTmP5n5rvFk3gq78bb5K5tGxhxSCtQygfTZfA-J_aem_A-4ENoo7MnRtsgI3sGB0DA&amp;sfnsn=mo\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/makerworld.com\/en\/models\/2549978-the-free-shot-antenna-line-launcher?appSharePlatform=copy&amp;fbclid=IwdGRzaAQuWe9jbGNrBC5Zn2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHnNz-BXEW7GXxHWJcm2xHNTmP5n5rvFk3gq78bb5K5tGxhxSCtQygfTZfA-J_aem_A-4ENoo7MnRtsgI3sGB0DA&amp;sfnsn=mo\"><strong>link<\/strong> <\/a>to the instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pierre Boucher VE7AL\/VE7NRO brought this handy device at our latest Hillside Mall coffee session. It was suggested that he try it inside the mall as an experiment &#8211; but that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7835"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7850,"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7835\/revisions\/7850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}