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Makes me wonder about an inflatable balloon antenna for amateur radio. I wonder how hard it would be to do this sort of fabrication (aluminizing the inside of a
by kunwon1 3y ago
Makes me wonder about an inflatable balloon antenna for amateur radio. I wonder how hard it would be to do this sort of fabrication (aluminizing the inside of a balloon) as an amateur
Better pictures here https://www.freefallaerospace.com/nasa-balloon/ https://www.freefallaerospace.com/nasa-balloon/
- itishappy 3y agobuy space blanket (aluminized mylar) tape it over garbage can suck ??? profit
- cwkoss 3y agogreenpowerscience is a fun channel who did a neat version of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1GV3FIOR6E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1GV3FIOR6E
- aqfamnzc 3y agoJust need to find a parabolic garbage can!?
- eternauta3k 3y agoNo, the garbage can just supports the edges.
- ianburrell 3y agoI don't think it would be useful for most amateur radio which doesn't need the gain and balloon would be huge. It would be useful for people who do higher frequencies and use satellite dishes. Portable link to 2.4GHz mesh network would be example. It might also be useful for cheaply making big dishes for Moon bounce.