Re: [HCDX]: Kite or balloon antennas?

[Willi Passmann <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Hi All,
>
>is there anybody who has some practice with kite or balloon antennas?
>Can you recommend any serious "literature" about it on the web?
>

I remember a balloon antenna we built some years ago during a DX camp. We
planned a 100 or 150 m vertical - what we got was a quite horizontal
antenna, because of the wind...
To make bad things worse, the balloon disappeared in the sky after a few
minutes...

It was fun, but not really worth the effort. Especially when you take into
account the price for the Helium gas in the balloon.

73,
Willi

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