[Antennas] Kite Antenna

[DavidE Benedict]

mahunt at adelphia.net writes:
>Kite Antenna,
>
>I am sure someone has already completed a project like this one, and I 
>think I saw an article in QST about it.   Anyways have a 6 foot kit that 
>made to just sit there in the air.  No tricks or anything like that.  I 
>want to run 2 meters off of it, as high as I can get.  Can anyone give 
>me any ideas about what type of antenna I should get or build.  Anyone 
>have any ideas about how long the lead line from the radio to the 
>antenna can be so there will not be to much loss.
>
>Thanks.
>KB3LZV

ONE
I would probably choose an antenna which had a low angle of radiation,
like does the J-Pole. 

TWO
Light weight is another factor...and a J-Pole can be made from 300 ohm
twinlead which is lightweight.

THREE
The ARRL Handbooks have a stacked J-Pole (colinear...in an article about a
guy using it on a sailboat) which has gain, too, which could probably also
be innovated from twinlead.

FOUR
A person might make a "kite string" for this project by inventing a
lightweight (low loss!) ladderline to do double duty.

Have fun...

David B.
W7DBH
Mobile-Only ...in NW Oregon