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Subject: [TowerTalk] balloon FD antenna
From: n9yxa@amsat.org (N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson)
Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 17:03:00 +0000
If you have old issues of National Contest Journal,  look on page 19 
of the March/April 1996 issue. It talks about balooning a 160M 
vertical, but you can easily use it for verticals and the like at 
F.D.


GL de N9YXA

n8ug@juno.com wrote Re: [TowerTalk] balloon FD antenna 
 on  3 May 98 at 15:56

> From:          n8ug@juno.com
> To:            towertalk@contesting.com
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date:          Sun, 3 May 1998 15:56:23 -0500
> Subject:       Re: [TowerTalk] balloon FD antenna

> Dennis, we supply quite a bit of our #534, which is 26 AWG hdpe jacketed
> 19 strand copper clad steel for kite and balloon antenna tether material,
> in addition to its use as a low profile "stealth" antenna. Quite popular
> in Europe. 1000 ft weighs about 1 pound, and costs $120. 
> 73,
> 
> Press Jones, N8UG, The Wireman, Inc., Landrum, SC, 29356
> Sales(800)727-WIRE(9473) or cqwire@juno.com.
> Tech help (864)895-4195 or n8ug@juno.com
> www.thewireman.com
> Our 21st year!
> 
> On Sun, 03 May 1998 12:10:24 -0500 Dennis Schaefer <w5rz@troi.csw.net>
> writes:
> >In Wal-Mart, I saw a "party balloon kit".  It was 25 nine-inch mylar
> >balloons and a small helium tank.  
> >
> >Surely 25 small balloons would support a wire of some kind, and all it 
> >cost
> >is $15.00.   There is probably a little excess helium capacity in the 
> >tank,
> >anyway.
> >
> >Will this work for Field Day?  Has anybody tried a similar scheme?  
> >What
> >kind of wire?  How long?   How long did it stay up?  (even if you 
> >didn't
> >use Viagra)
> >
> >73,
> >Dennis,  W5RZ
> >
> >
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