My last email included a typo, of course; off by an order of magnitude. Looks like it did indeed pull up a bit - and there seems to be a dearth of digipeaters around the point of last contact (last RXs around 60+ miles away, ~90 degrees down the shoreline). Hope!
Here’s looking for its return to tracking on the other side of the Atlantic . . . . Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 17, 2018, at 10:29 PM, Ravi Patrick Ratnala <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 1900’ AGL now - SO close! ........... > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 17, 2018, at 10:08 PM, Bill Dillon via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Alas, the balloon is loosing altitude at a steady rate. Now (10pm), below >> 19,000 feet (Pull up! Pull up!). Glad the battery is still powering the >> transmitter -- everything was fine at local sunset. >> >> 73 de Bill, KG5FQX >> >> >>> On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 8:47 PM Keith Dutson via BVARC <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> 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]> >>> Cc: Keith Dutson <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [BVARC] FW: Balloons launched at Hamfest today - BLT-49.1 >>> still afloat and heading for Florida >>> >>> >>> >>> BLT-49.1 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]> On Behalf Of Andy via BVARC >>> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 7:09 PM >>> To: [email protected]; [email protected]; 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR >>> RADIO CLUB' <[email protected]> >>> Cc: Andy <[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] >>> 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&z=11&call=a%2FAB5SS-11 >>> >>> >>> >>> https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=6&qm=1_day&mc=29.97358,-84.9113&f=AB5SS-11 >>> >>> >>> >>> 73 de John >>> >>> AB5SS >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> BVARC mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> Message delivered to [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Message delivered to [email protected]
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