[Towertalk] Helium Balloon

[Tim Makins, EI8IC]

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