[Antennas] Kite Antenna

[KA8VIT]

When we used balloons for raising wire antennas we used balanced
feed line made from thread thin wire taken from a transformer and
glued to small plastic insulating spacers the size of a quarter.

A 4:1 balun at the transmitter.   600 feet of this feedline had little loss
and weight.

73

Bill  KA8VIT

Dan_K9ZF wrote:
> 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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Bill Chaikin, KA8VIT
USS COD Amateur Radio Club - W8COD
WW2 Submarine USS COD SS-224 (NECO)

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