[Antennas] Kite Antenna

[Dan_K9ZF]

An issue you may not have considered here is feed line loss.  On 2m, the 
height would be great, but you will need light weight feed line that 
will have tons of loss at long lengths.  At some point, the height 
advantage will be off set by the feed line loss.

Good luck,
Dan

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DavidE Benedict wrote:
> 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
>
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