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Balloon Lifted Antenna
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July 7th 03, 03:36 AM
Paul Vanasse
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(The Dawn Soliloquy) wrote in message
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I may have posted this before, I don't remember.
I have taken a Helium Balloon and lacquer coated wire, perhaps 100 feet,
and
used the balloon to lift the wire. A single balloon, the metallic (Mylar)
kind, was sufficient to lift the wire and its spool. My ability to lift
the
wire was limited by two factors:
What you are doing we've been doing for years using 256' of wire and a 7'
miniature zeppelin weather balloon for use on 160 meters.
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