Thanks Andy. I figured that out after I sent the post. Duh!
Keith From: Andy <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 7:53 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <[email protected]> Cc: 'Keith Dutson' <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [BVARC] FW: Balloons launched at Hamfest today - BLT-49.1 still afloat and heading for Florida BLT-49.2 was a “popper”. It rose for over 2.5 hours to well over 110,000 ft, and then came down into the Gulf of Mexico east of Galveston. That’s what “poppers” do. This is a record altitude for one of these latex wonders! Andy W5ACM From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Dutson via BVARC Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 7:46 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Keith Dutson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BVARC] FW: Balloons launched at Hamfest today - BLT-49.1 still afloat and heading for Florida BLT-49.1 speed now about 80 mph, headed to Ocala. Seems to be descending slowly, but that could be the air currents at 29000 ft. Hoping it makes it across Florida, into the Atlantic. Wonder what it would be like to be a passenger on an airliner, and happen to pass nearby. <grin> Listening for BLT-49.2 on 14.318, but only hearing noise at S7 level. SRI missed the launch. I was busy setting up the TQP display. 73, Keith NM5G From: BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Andy via BVARC Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 7:09 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ; 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Andy <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [BVARC] FW: Balloons launched at Hamfest today - BLT-49.1 still afloat and heading for Florida BLT-49.1 should be partying over Daytona Beach, FL - ASAP! See below for specs on today’s launches from the Greater Houston Hamfest! To The Edge of Space! Andy W5ACM http://www.w5acm.net From: John Maca [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 6:37 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Balloons launched at Hamfest today - BLT-49.1 still afloat and heading for Florida This morning at the Houston Hamfest, we had a great balloon launch talk by Andy MacAllister, W5ACM, followed by two successful balloon launches. The first launch at 9:05am was BLT-49.2 and was a 300g 'popper' latex balloon carrying a digital Fireball smart beacon sending the temperature in CW on 14.318 MHz & 28.322 MHz. We copied the weak CW beacon until 11:45am and believe it burst at well over 110,000 feet based on the time aloft and temperatures we were receiving. Very successful flight! The second launch of BLT-49.1 occurred about 9:06am and was a 'floater' balloon (1m Qualatex Mylar) carrying a PecanPico 5 APRS tracker. It rose very slowly into the sky, escorted by several drones videoing the event, headed north then shot off to the east passing over Houston, Beaumont and New Orleans. After avoiding a few thunderstorms along the way, it is currently just below Panama City, FL at ~30,000 feet heading for Orlando & KSC! It can be tracked on aprs.fi or tracker.habhub.org (see links below). After crossing Florida, we're hoping to hear from it again on the other side of the Atlantic!!! I'll post pictures of the launch later when I get them. https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap <https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=11&call=a%2FAB5SS-11> &z=11&call=a%2FAB5SS-11 https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap <https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=6&qm=1_day&mc=29.97358,-84.9113&f=AB5SS-11> &mz=6&qm=1_day&mc=29.97358,-84.9113&f=AB5SS-11 73 de John AB5SS
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