Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5929 invoked from network); 27 Aug 2004 18:09:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ptb-spamcore02.plus.net) (192.168.71.3) by ptb-mailstore01.plus.net with SMTP; 27 Aug 2004 18:09:39 -0000 Received: from mailnull by ptb-spamcore02.plus.net with spamcore-l-b (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1C0l9v-000ATK-V8 for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:09:08 +0100 Received: from [192.168.67.3] (helo=ptb-mxcore03.plus.net) by ptb-spamcore02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1C0l9v-000ATH-Ry for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:09:07 +0100 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore03.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1C0lAQ-0001ZS-7x for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:09:38 +0100 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1C0l9c-0002N0-GY for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:08:48 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.30] (helo=relay.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1C0l9c-0002Mr-4o for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:08:48 +0100 Received: from ams-iport-1.cisco.com ([144.254.224.140]) by relay.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1C0l9Y-0001JS-Ow for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:08:48 +0100 Received: from ams-core-1.cisco.com (144.254.224.150) by ams-iport-1.cisco.com with ESMTP; 27 Aug 2004 20:20:56 +0200 X-BrightmailFiltered: true Received: from cisco.com (mrwint.cisco.com [64.103.71.48]) by ams-core-1.cisco.com (8.12.10/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i7RI8YO4005796 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:08:37 +0200 (MEST) Received: from g3ysx.org.uk (ams-clip-vpn-dhcp4303.cisco.com [10.61.80.206]) by cisco.com (8.8.8-Cisco List Logging/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA13749 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:08:19 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <412F7892.4080700@g3ysx.org.uk> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:08:18 +0100 From: Stewart Bryant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <002101c48c50$9e404160$6507a8c0@Main> In-Reply-To: <002101c48c50$9e404160$6507a8c0@Main> X-SPF-Result: relay.thorcom.net: 144.254.224.140 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of g3ysx.org.uk X-Spam-Score: 0.1 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=no,RATWR10_MESSID=0.111 Subject: Re: LF: More on Balloons Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Spam-Filtered: by PlusNet SpamCORE (v3.00) Source of balloons: http://www.evertsballoon.co.uk/product_giant.html A friend used the 1m dia balloons to hold up a 5/8 on 80m. He got about two weekends out of a balloon, but I think that a top-up may have been needed on the second weekend. The Air Navigation Order http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2000/20001562.htm makes interesting reading. Provide you confine yourself to small balloons which are defined as: 'Small balloon' means a balloon not exceeding 2 metres in any linear dimension at any stage of its flight, including any basket or other equipment attached to the balloon ... you have quite a lot of freedom. It is not clear whether the teather counts as part of the balloon or not. 73 Stewart G3YSX > >