![]() A retired VOA employee and his family stopped by and had a good time talking about the technology and the issues of the day. Visitors included Mr Price (ARRL), and many people new to the hobby and old ones returning to see the activity. An information table was assembled by Mark (KG4GVJ) as well as a sign in form for visitors. A great buffet was being assembled there slowly throughout the day. Others were setting up the dining tables and chairs for dinner in the hallway. It was warm and sunny as the rains had passed. Also a 20 meter vertical was placed near by. ![]() Outside, a group was working on setting up the 10/15/20 meter beam on the tower with a rotator, 40 & 80 meter dipole. Un-installed the radios out of the trailer and set up three stations in the room with all the “trimmings” of radios: power supplies, ground straps, ethernet cables and routers, computers with the special software, and RF cables with band pass filters to cut the cross talk or RFI. Moved the trailer to Oakwood and set it up. They were doing well! Ran home, changed and grabbed the equipment, computers, radios, network cables and all other items needed and threw them into the ARES trailer. ![]() Having done emergency surgery Friday night, I needed to see the post op patients first at 7:30am at the office. Posted in Kites | Comments Off on Kites to Get In The Air to Get On the Air (GITA-GOTA)Īmateur Radio Station K6JEB is powered by WordPress & Gallery |ĭocument.write(String.The Start: Friday night: I had moved the BARC trailer to Oakwood school and set it up for Bernie (WA4MOK) to be able to erect the tower the next day. You’re still way under the budget of any equivalent tower, and you get to FLY A KITE, or several! Two kites on a single line can hold up the center of a dipole with feedline, and the ends can be suspended using one kite each. Just be careful how many you add since they really do create a lot of lift and in even medium winds you may need a helper to bring down three or more.Īnother thing you can do with more than one kite is use each kite to haul up a different part of your antenna system. I didn’t have to intervene at all, the Caesar Chavez Park near the Berkeley Marina has a steady breeze day and night and is enjoyed by many kite enthusiasts, especially during Kite Festival.īy the way, the price is such that you might want to get more than one since, to create even more lift, you can fly them on the same line (I will show you how to do that later). I like to say “it’s not the most exciting kite to fly since it goes up when you put it up and comes down when you want it to come down.”Īt EBARC Field Day 2017, I flew this kite from around dinner time Saturday night, all night until 11am local time when I took it back down. In the Breeze Rainbow Conyne Delta Kite, 6-Feet – I used this because the design, basically a box kite with wings, is proven to be stable and second to none as far as being able to, ahem, get in the air even when others cannot (as hams can get the message across, even when others cannot). Kites to Get In The Air to Get On the Air – What You Need, the shopping list (PDF) Here is a PDF document with the items I use and highly suggest: ![]() I have started presenting on my experiences with kites and amateur radio. Quadcopters, gliders, balloons, and kites on one hand and amateur radio. I started realizing that a good number of my activities orbited around getting in the air and getting on the air. Remember when you were a kid and you wanted to fly like a bird? Remember how you wanted to get in the air? Like many of you, I have more than one hobby. ![]()
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