Balloon setup for a vertical End Fed. My Field Antennas Test
Inviato: 2 dicembre 2021, 18:44In an old quarry, I first hung a simple dipole for 20 m band, along the slope at a height of only 1-2 m from the ground. What about a DX QSO with such an antenna?
Then we launched a large balloon with a vertical long wire 40 m long.
In fact, this was a vertical half-wave End feed with a 1:64 matching device and a short counterweight.
In the next video, you will see what happened next with the balloon, which we sent on an Air Tour 10 km upward at sunset with a special parachute and a small box, inside it: a video camera, a GPS tracker, a VHF transmitter.
Part 2 (will come soon): Three-hour balloon flight - filming from the built-in camera
Will the balloon be able to land safely?
Will we be able to find it at night?
73&88 and see you On the Air!
YL Raisa