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#161552 - 01/31/12 06:15 PM Re: Rescue Balloon [Re: TomD]
Dryer Moderator Registered: 12/05/02 Posts: 3591 Loc: Texas	In the ham radio hobby we loft balloons and kite/balloon hybrids to drag antenna wires way up high. Wind will lay a balloon down sometimes, so with kite wings, they stay up wind or not. Funny....I had a ranger investigate a pocket parafoil kite I put up, out in the desert once. Said he couldn't see me but could see the tiny kite for miles. _________________________ paul, texas KD5IVP
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