- 1. Re: Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 227, Issue 8 (score: 1)
- Author: Greg Chartrand via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 23:38:12 +0000 (UTC)
- look at this160m-balloon-antenna 160m-balloon-antenna --Greg ChartrandRichland, WA. To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-11/msg00026.html (61,010 bytes)
- 2. Re: Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 227, Issue 8 (score: 1)
- Author: Fraser Robertson <g4bjm@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 10:36:24 +0000
- I did this some decades back using met balloons, they were about 4-5' diameter, supporting a 1/2 wave or 5/8 antenna. The wire must have a DC path to ground to discharge static. I bought the balloons
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-11/msg00037.html (61,801 bytes)
- 3. Re: Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 227, Issue 8 (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Kinney <jimkinney@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:27:43 -0500
- What about using a kite? Dad used to have a WW2 Air Force box kite used for emergency communication by downed pilots. We didn't have the antenna wire so it usually broke whatever string we tried to
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-11/msg00039.html (73,517 bytes)
- 4. Re: Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 227, Issue 8 (score: 1)
- Author: Fraser Robertson <g4bjm@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 23:31:39 +0000
- I bought a conyne delta kite for lifting antennas once. It had 400' of cord on it and would sit there high in the sky not moving. Sadly I never had the opportunity to hang an antenna from it. You nee
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-11/msg00047.html (56,690 bytes)
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