The problem with balloon lofted antennas is you cannot often have the balloons only go straight up. Much more likely to blow over sideways above the location and get above neighbors, etc. More likely to get into power lines. Late afternoons, most places have winds come up that play havoc with balloons.
Very few days that do not have winds at altitude you would raise the balloon. A great waste of resources. We tried one one field day and in addition to wind problems, after buying all that expensive helium, some kid with a BB gun came along and shot it down! Stuart K5KVH _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
