[Elecraft] Ham radio as a side dish

[ANDY DURBIN]

"Drag a wire behind you like they tow banners."


If it were as simple as you suggest then I think a few of us would be doing it. Picking up banners with an aircraft in flight is a skill that most pilots don't have. It would be far better to use a retractable antenna. However, a legal installation of any sort of antenna extension/retraction mechanism on an aircraft with a standard airworthiness cert would be a significant challenge.


(No banner experience but I do have lots of time towing gliders and flying jumpers)


73,

Andy k3wyc