Return-Path: Received: from mtain-dg09.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-dg09.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.65.17]) by air-mb01.mail.aol.com (v127_r1.1) with ESMTP id MAILINMB011-a0764b97d939184; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:39:05 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mtain-dg09.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 53CFC38000072; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:39:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1NpPrL-0002ok-2M for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:38:15 +0000 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1NpPrK-0002ob-Nm for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:38:14 +0000 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.9]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1NpPrH-0005Ud-5p for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:38:14 +0000 Received: from [192.168.2.100] (p5B06CDDE.dip.t-dialin.net [91.6.205.222]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0M6AEI-1NUpvp3LZa-00yA90; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:38:00 +0100 Message-ID: <4B97D8F6.3000204@legal-medicine.de> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:37:58 +0100 From: pws User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20081227) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <4B978B2E.70404@iup.uni-heidelberg.de> <4B9792B0.5020609@abelian.org> In-Reply-To: <4B9792B0.5020609@abelian.org> X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+iRpt8hxN5mKGXUv3eARgrkzRvm2bxtmKY6cP cbo0jllrPjxoADuRO2DjKxdA/SBVfp4pfFwjjApYHYbYo8lhHh T+9qKhRLWTZ/bWyOAnjHLEzORuyTElL X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: KITE ANT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: 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-aol-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d41114b97d9386971 X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Hi Paul, You wrote: > Can a thin wire be suspended between two kites, 100m or more apart? > ... Tried that some 9 years ago. Did not work due to heavy detuning effects if wind speed varied slightly. What worked sufficiently was a pyramid guying at ~1/3 of the full length of the kite rope such that the shack was just below the top of the pyramid. Greetings from Kiel, Peter, df3lp