Hello, I have trolled the threads on here for a bit, but this is my first post. I have a dog that I am training myself mostly for personal hunting but have plans to run UKC then AKC hunt tests. She is on the verge of running seasoned tests and I recently broke down and purchased a son of a gun winger and tritronics pro control. I have a friend that is going to lend me a box launcher and was hoping to run it of my 1-controler until I could purchase another set new or used. My question-has anyone used a cable longer than 15 ft and if so what type of cable was it? Thanks in advance for any advice.
welcome to RTF Carlton,
I have only seen launchers cabled together in "banks" of multiple tossers at one gunning station. to be able to have a second toss to help a young dog.
are you thinking a trying a double by running like a 100 yard cable? I don't think I would like to do that.
Ken, I was thinking more like 30-50 ft. I do walking singles now but throw them remotely. I was looking for something that would allow me to set-up give her two individual marks per set-up. At her level I would not throw a double that close together.
jargin issue,
might you mean you are doing single retrieves with multiple gun stations by using 1 launcher with 3-5 stick men and moving the launcher from one gun station to another?
and you want to run a cable to another gun station?
walking singles are a live person with a pail of birds/bumpers walking in the field throwing for you
Yes, what you described is what I would like to accomplish. I will not get my winger/control until tomorrow sorry for the confusion, currenlty I am my thrower during the week.
I run two launchers with one Dogtra receiver and a 30 ft cable. Actually, I bought two 15 ft cables at Radio Shack, but usually plug them together. They were a standard "audio" cable of some sort. I bought "stereo" because that's all they had, but they work fine. (dogtra sells a 15 ft cable for a lot more than Radio Shack.)
Typically, I set this up with one SOG and one box launcher throwing opposite directions.
I run two launchers with one Dogtra receiver and a 30 ft cable. Actually, I bought two 15 ft cables at Radio Shack, but usually plug them together. They were a standard "audio" cable of some sort. I bought "stereo" because that's all they had, but they work fine. (dogtra sells a 15 ft cable for a lot more than Radio Shack.)
Typically, I set this up with one SOG and one box launcher throwing opposite directions.
I have used a 50' cable - it is just regular zip cord from Radio Shack with mono plugs attached. Little heavier wire than what is used on the 15' phono cords.
check out wireless remotes on ebay, some claim 100 yard range.
can run multiple devices cost around 30 buks
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