Height for Aerials
r F'E , STS are being conducted abroad with half-wave radio aerials supported at great heights by captive balloons. While balloon and kite supported aerial wires ar<? as old as radio itself, the present experiments are taking a new course. Theoretically, j it is possible to reduce losses in trans- ' mission to an extremely low point if ■the aerial is raised to such a distance above the earth that a straight line j may be drawn from the transmitting to the receiving aerial without touehj ing the curved surface of the earth, j Just how much of this theory will he lof benefit to the radio art, can only be found by test. In the present ease j the balloon supports the aerial, which ! is fed with energy from the transmitter through a light aluminium wire that also serves to anchor the balloon.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 30 September 1933, Page 11
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145Height for Aerials Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 30 September 1933, Page 11
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