There was an article in within the last two years, in QST about using a large
kite to hold up a 160m dipole, also had some info about rules and regs for
FAA in it. He also stressed the idea of not having the only tether be your
antenna wire. He did say the results were fantastic. Good Luck, 73, Joe W0DB
-----Original Message-----
From: James W. Fisher, Jr. [mailto:74237.2073@compuserve.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 7:58 PM
To: Tower-Talk
Subject: [TowerTalk] tether vs. radiator in balloon-held Vertical
I used a modest (5/8wl 40M) balloon-held vertical around 25 years ago.
One trick I used was to tether the balloon from upwind such that with
the wind direction those nights the wire was (generally) more or less
vertical.
A kid came along while I was putting it up and asked what I was
doing. I explained that I was fishing for flying fish. He said
"Oh." and walked off.
73 es GL,
Jim, VE1JF
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