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My kite idea!
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 9:56 pm
by Drummer
For all you people dissing it, it worked, and I got over 19 miles out of it. (+/-) I simply hooked a few hundrded feet of the cable and taped it to the kite, and added a little yagi antenna on the end.. Yes, im surpised too.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 1:38 pm
by Titanium
What coax did you use to make the kite light enough to lift off the ground?
it certainly wont have been RG8 or 213, low loss stuff weights a tonne!!!
if you used 58 you probably lost 50% power through the coax so height gained would have been severely comprimised by RF power lost i'd imagine.
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 5:23 pm
by Pigmeat
A friend of mine did something similar back in the late 80's on MW in the states. Used a bunch of helium filled party balloons and thin wire from an old TV transformer. Fed it at the bottom with twin lead and a homemade tuning coil coupled to a makeshift ground system. Had a full halfwave antenna for 1620 khz. lofted in the air that way. The wind caused it to slant a bit but he was heard all over the eastern USA and Canada on roughly 25 watts with a nice signal in the late evening hours that night.
THE CODY KITE ANTENNA
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 9:05 am
by Black_Hawk

HERE IS ONE IDEA IF YOU FOLKS ARE FOR REAL AND NOT JUST BLABBER
THE INDIAN SPIRIT ANTENNA KITE
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 9:07 am
by Black_Hawk
HERE IS ANOTHER IDEA
THE SCHEMAT_AERIAL FEED
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 9:13 am
by Black_Hawk