try FAIR RADIO I have about 10 left over from about 20 I bought new in the
box last year... for fun fill emm with natural gas, tie a long cotton
string and light the string and let the balloon go.. after about how ever
long it takes .. wooff at what ever altitude .. you get this bright ball of
fire in the sky.. mac/mc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Makins, EI8IC" <contesting@eircom.net>
To: "TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Helium Balloon
> I remember seeing newsreel of some huge balloons in New York - some yearly
> street parade. Perhaps the W2s can make use of them afterwards...
>
> I am suprised that no one has mentioned the way that kites are used to
> support antennas - your antenna fastens on to the sloping line that holds
> the kite, positioned so that the antenna itself is vertical. I would have
> thought the same would work with tethered balloons.
>
> 73s Tim EI8IC
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerry Keller" <k3bz@arrl.net>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: 03 November 2002 19:22
> Subject: RE: [Towertalk] Helium Balloon
>
>
> > I don't think it's a hare-brained idea, and I'd like to try it. Are
> suitable
> > "weather balloons" available, perhaps as gov't surplus? Where might I
get
> > one? Jerry K3BZ
>
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