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What if you just had a balloon or something that was tethered to some ground station. Might be cheaper than a radio tower.
by cowtools 4y ago
What if you just had a balloon or something that was tethered to some ground station. Might be cheaper than a radio tower.
- superkuh 4y agoThese days many people are working on tethered multi-copter based active radio "towers". The most interesting ones use single wire (~28awg) surface wave transmission lines with lightweight launchers on both ends to transmit significant RF power which is rectified at the multicopter to use for flight energy. Balloons and kites work but they're much more difficult to control.
- germinalphrase 4y agoAny references handy to learn more?
- superkuh 4y agohttp://www.sonic.net/~n6gn/ http://www.sonic.net/~n6gn/ and my own write-up http://superkuh.com/blog/2019-11-05-1.html http://superkuh.com/blog/2019-11-05-1.html on the subject.
- germinalphrase 4y agoThanks!