[TowerTalk] balloon supported antenna

[Pete Smith]

At 05:30 PM 12/16/2008, ve4xt at mts.net wrote:
>Or,
>Run the bottom part of the 1/2-wavelength antenna away from the vertical 
>for 30 feet or so and feed it
>at the corner as an OCF vertical...
>
>Then, you have less wire to hold aloft and no feedline to hold aloft.
>
>Would make an interesting model to study.


At the risk of being labeled a spoilsport, has anyone considered the 
liability implications of accidentally launching a free balloon with part 
or all of a long length of wire attached?  It has to come down somewhere, 
and it's not hard to imagine scenarios in which considerable risk to life 
or property could result, like dropping the wire over the HV distribution 
wire on a power pole, down to or near the ground.

73, Pete N4ZR