[K3pzn-board] Tonight's Meeting N8PK Absent

Mon Jun 17 19:10:57 EDT 2013

Help!  I'm still at work in Greenbelt!  

We can talk about such a balloon . . . 

Maybe it's time for an experiment.  But 
one thing we know for certain, isn't a 
dipole usually kinda in "T" fashion?  
A balloon will take one end way up high, 
and it will move around like a cattle 
in the wind.  Is this okay?  Can our 
antenna design account for such drift 
and being "finniky" at times?  

Tell me how much antenna/wire mass you 
want to lift and then we can calculate 
how much balloon/helium will be needed 
to handle the task.  

Can you sketch the antenna design you 
have in mind?  

More to chat about.  Thanks.  

Cheers,

Pat
N8PK

Mr. Patrick L. Kilroy
Integration & Test Manager
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Building 5, Mail Code 568
Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
Phone: +1-301-286-1984
E-mail: Patrick.L.Kilroy at nasa.gov
Web: http://simsat.net/ (outreach)

-----Original Message-----
From: k3pzn-board-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:k3pzn-board-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ray Wright
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 10:52 PM
To: Board of Directors of the Carroll County Amateur Radio Club
Subject: Re: [K3pzn-board] Tonight's Meeting N8PK Absent

Hello Pat

 The meeting was devoted to field day.  Curt gave his presentation and also
has some suggested antenna thoughts.  Here is what I quickly took down for :

SSB  80M W3JJH   WIRE ANTENNA
SSB 40M AK3Z FULL LOOP ANTENNA
SSB 20M KB3WAV YAGI #1
SSB 15M K1RF YAGI#2
SSB 10M W3XB YAGI#2

CW#1 WX3B YAGI 2 OR WIRE ANTENNA
CW#2 WB8YY EAGLE 1 VERTICAL ANTENNA

DIGITAL     K3KWO AND HIS CAB

VHF/UHF  N3VOP

PAT I want to pick your brain  Do you think you could suspend one end of a
diapole with a weather balloon?  How much do you think the helium would
costs?

ray
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