[TowerTalk] Ballon-held Vertical

[Finger, Bob]

Do not forget about FAA regulations.  If it is going to be that high, you
will need to light the thing, or at the very least notify the FAA every time
you put it up so they can issue a NOTAM.  Pilots really do not like to run
into stuff with their airplanes!  K4IA' point about dragging wire across
power lines is valid, and sends shivers down my spine.  73 bob de w9ge

-----Original Message-----
From: K4IA@aol.com [mailto:K4IA@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 1:22 PM
To: n8de@thepoint.net
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ballon-held Vertical



Be very very careful.  If that thing gets away, you are dragging 300 feet of

wire across the landscape -- including power lines.  Even if it goes
straight 
up at first, it will come down eventually and the potential for killing 
someone is very great.

If you must do this . . . You should have a strong tether line (no matter
how 
strong your wire, it should not be the only thing holding the balloon).  You

need a second line that has no strain on it so it will not be the first to 
break. It should have a slip knot at the top that will untie the antenna if 
the balloon gets away.  Then, the wire will fall to the ground and not get 
hung up in the high power lines four miles away.

Anyone else have any ideas?

Radio K4IA
Craig Buck
Fredericksburg, Virginia

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