Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19481 invoked from network); 5 May 2001 12:49:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 5 May 2001 12:49:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 19764 invoked from network); 5 May 2001 12:48:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 5 May 2001 12:48:58 -0000 X-Priority: 3 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 14w1PQ-00086Q-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sat, 05 May 2001 13:43:40 +0100 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from jaws.cisco.com ([198.135.0.150] helo=cisco.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 14w1PP-00086L-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 05 May 2001 13:43:39 +0100 Received: from virgin.net (stbryant-isdn-home.cisco.com [10.49.137.202]) by cisco.com (8.8.8/2.6/Cisco List Logging/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA11392 for ; Sat, 5 May 2001 13:42:37 +0100 (BST) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <3AF3F506.BFD957FD@virgin.net> Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 13:41:43 +0100 From: "Stewart Bryant" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en]C-CCK-MCD (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: Re: LF: Re: On-topic References: <004401c0d40f$2707e280$dc1697d4@oemcomputer> <001101c0d4d7$4a796220$7be086d4@ericadodd> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: > > Balloons need to be at least 1m in diameter and made of mylar to be of any > use for supporting antennas. Not necessarily so. A friend of mine has had success with 4' latex balloons inflated to about 1m. He has been running up to about 150', and gets between one and two weekends out of a fill. Stewart G3YSX