[Antennas] Kite Antenna

[Harvey&Bessie]

KA8VIT wrote:

> 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
>>
> If you do use the kite supported antenna, be doubly, or triply sure 
> there are no high voltage transmission power lines within the falling 
> radius of the kite. This is very serious and can cause death if not 
> carefully examined.

Harvey/W4TG