[Elecraft] Ham radio as a side dish

[Michael Eberle]

They do banner towing at the airport I was taking lessons at. What I had 
in mind was more like dropping a wire antenna like they drop the banner 
hook without the need to fly low and actually hook a banner.  But I 
wasn't really being serious either.


On 5/26/2018 13:55, ANDY DURBIN wrote:
> "Drag a wire behind you like they tow banners."
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> 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.
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> (No banner experience but I do have lots of time towing gliders and flying jumpers)
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> 73,
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> Andy k3wyc
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