[Elecraft] RE: ridge vent as antenna?

[Lanier, Robert]

>   Has anyone had any experience using ridge vents as antenna 
> (or part of an antenna)? Effect of rain wetting the roof 
> shingles?  Comments??
>    
>   73
>   Ray K2HYD
> 

Ray,

Another possibility for overcoming your limitation is to use weather
balloons to loft your antenna:  http://www.allsopp.co.uk/
They have many different sizes of balloons to choose from. You could
easily use a vertical antenna, and raise it several hundred feet without
a problem. Just make sure you're not too close to an airport.....

Tony  K4YYZ