crazy antenna idea

John L. · Jul 10, 2020

Sometimes i have crazy ideas and this is no exception. Has anyone ever tried tying a long wire antenna to balloons filled with helium and letting them rise to about 3 or 4 hundred feet? Seems like it would work. In the Navy we had an emergency radio that used a kite and it worked fairly well.
Any thoughts on this?

jessejamesdallas · Jul 10, 2020

You mean like this?

jessejamesdallas · Jul 10, 2020

John L. · Jul 10, 2020

jessejamesdallas said:

Guess I wasn't the first to come up with this.

jessejamesdallas · Jul 10, 2020

nope...Think Benjamin Franklin tried it with a kite once too...

Slowmover · Jul 11, 2020

Work thru the second sixpack before crrrazy ‘ll get some traction.

Sure as hell be fun to try!

John L. · Jul 11, 2020

jessejamesdallas said:
nope...Think Benjamin Franklin tried it with a kite once too...

Only thing, he didn't have a radio.

jessejamesdallas · Jul 11, 2020

John L. said:
Only thing, he didn't have a radio.

Didn't need one...once lightning hit that kite, you could hear old Ben screaming in the next county!

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