Some time back I found one of these Zephyr antennae floats in a box of various bits and pieces at a collectors fair. Jacko79 asked how the float sat in the water and not having a clue I decided to give it a go and see how it sat. After a long search I found the float that I had safely put away.. too safe for my own good, but soon I had a jug of water and a few shot to give it a try. On the side of the float is printed 'Zephyr' and '5B' I assumed that the number and shot size was for a 5BB loading so that is what I used. In the pictures below I loaded the float with 5, then 6 then 7BB of shot, the 7BB took the float right under. One thing I noticed about the float is that the varnish used to coat it is coloured green, the eye of the float retains a thin film of this green varnish. The antennae is made of copper wire.
5BB of shot
6BB of shot
7BB of shot takes the float down so that the top of the red diamond shape is level with the surface of the water so you cannot see
any part of the float above water! I did not have a deep enough container to show this.
5B printed on side of float and Zephyr just round the other side.
Green varnish left in the eye
Length of float
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