Return-Path: X-Spam-DCC: paranoid 1290; Body=2 Fuz1=2 Fuz2=2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on lipkowski.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DNS_FROM_AHBL_RHSBL, FORGED_RCVD_HELO,RATWARE_GECKO_BUILD,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.1.3 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by paranoid.lipkowski.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id u3PA3bXU023564 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 12:03:37 +0200 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1audI3-0003F0-HP for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:58:51 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1audI3-0003Er-9D for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:58:51 +0100 Received: from parrot.netcom.co.uk ([217.72.171.49]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.87) (envelope-from ) id 1audI1-00025h-Nh for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:58:50 +0100 Received: from pn.abelian.org (i-194-106-52-83.freedom2surf.net [194.106.52.83]) by parrot.netcom.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC9CB3273E5 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:57:43 +0100 (BST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pn.abelian.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05FEC400864 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:58:49 +0000 (UTC) To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <571CF2AD.9030207@posteo.de> <571D2BD4.3050205@abelian.org> <571D2E49.5070501@posteo.de> <571D325D.3090006@abelian.org> <571D3534.1000707@posteo.de> <571D3DF4.6050109@abelian.org> <571D45FE.9080408@posteo.de> From: Paul Nicholson Message-ID: <571DEA58.9090102@abelian.org> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:58:48 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <571D45FE.9080408@posteo.de> X-Scan-Signature: 2e2f7cbbe9f38dd7bf3fac4fc012e6fc Subject: Re: VLF: Kites Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.56 on 10.1.3.11 Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 7840 Thanks for the tip Stefan. The power sled 24 looks pretty good. I just ordered the version with tail, which it claims copes with a stronger wind. I bought line strong enough for the 36 model in case the 24 doesn't lift enough. £103 altogether and if it works I'll have to buy one or two more to do VLF. Hmm, I might also get some nice aerial photos out of this too. Some fun to be had... Mike just wrote: > A problem was cause by high voltages close to the ground > when the kite dipped, so I would recommend using a small > mast (8m of fibreglass?) at the bottom end of the antenna > wire. Anticipating that, I have something in mind to use. -- Paul Nicholson --