Eric Weaver wrote in
:

Would a garden hose(pipe) reel work (30 cm-ish diameter)? used one for
microphone cords and it winds up nicely. I imagine alligator-clipping
onto the wire at the reel might do for a feed.



How big are your pockets, exactly? Ok, I won't be pocketing a kite reel
any time soon, but it is somethign immediately manageable on foot for a few
miles. Last time I saw a hose reel it was a lot bigger than this kite reel. I
only need to spool a few hundred metres at most, of some thin stainless wire,
and possible another similar reel to take a few radial wires so I can quickly
lay them out. last time I tested, I had no need, I found a golf course, it
has these low metal platforms about the size of a small car, where people tee
off from. As I put 100 or so turns on one end of the ferrite rod, the current
that ground has to handle is very small anyway. Those little platforms seem
to make nice ground planes.