[CQ] Radio/Antenna possibilities?

Sat Jul 27 16:16:08 UTC 2013

I'd go for a long wire.  You could tune it up on whatever band had the most action that day, you wouldn't have to worry about high voltage at the far end and, most importantly, you wouldn't have to lift a ton of heavy, expensive, and lossy feedline in the air.  Just get a 500' spool of teflon hookup wire or something like that and use it as kite string, then run another length across the ground as a counterpoise.  It's probably the least visually interesting option, but it would be easy and versatile.
Have fun...
Clint

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> 160m 1/2 wave dipole on a kite string?
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> Hang a Yagi 100m in the air?
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> 1500W?
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> What could be done???
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> If you're flying a dipole, just remember that the ends of a half-wave dipole are voltage peaks, so you really, really, REALLY have to keep people away from them.  They float at a few kilovolts when you're transmitting at just 100W, and your kite is going to be wobbling around unless it's carefully tethered? it's a safety nightmare at the kite festival, but something I'd love to do at some point (http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?61367-Dipole-voltage)
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> Making a yagi light enough to fly with a feedline could be interesting.  I'd probably go for a moxon or hex beam, myself, for ease of construction.
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> On Jul 26, 2013, at 17:32 , "giovanni_re" <john_re at fastmail.us> wrote:
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>> 160m 1/2 wave dipole on a kite string?
>> 
>> Hang a Yagi 100m in the air?
>> 
>> 1500W?
>> 
>> What could be done???
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Amazing kites!   Octopussies, boxes, serpents, rotary!
>> _Huge_ kites.
>> 
>> Come to the Berkeley Marina.  :)
>> 
>> http://www.highlinekites.com/pages/BERKELEY-KITE-FEST.html
>> 
>> Air hackers.  ;)
>> 
>> Let me know if you'll attend & we can try to meet. - via direct email or
>> this list.
>> 
>> :)
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