Ah! But BLT-51 (W5ACM-10) is now east of Louisiana! Yes, there may have been an antenna problem with the cross-band repeater. This was our first attempt with this type. We will take notes and try it again! Andy W5ACM
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 23, 2019, at 7:35 PM, Neal Naumann via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > I watched the launch and the repeater was working for a guy standing next to > me at the release, but then I walked to my truck to head home and I could > hear calls on the input but nothing on the out put. It seemed like there was > a last minute fix to one of the antennas. Maybe the receive or transmit > antenna came loose. Looks like it made a splash landing in East Galveston > Bay, so we may never know. > > N5EN > > >> On Sat, Mar 23, 2019, 7:10 PM Dwayne Jones <[email protected]> wrote: >> Trying to talk to the balloon now through given frequencies. No Joy. Any >> one know why? >> >> Dwayne >> KB5YTA >> >> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 1:10 PM john Parmalee via BVARC <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > >> > *Especially for those that won’t be able to make it to the Houston >> > HamFest this weekend.* >> > >> > *Two Balloon launches with ham gear on board. You can participate. * >> > >> > *Live video of both launches **https://zoom.us/i/2815436502 >> > <https://zoom.us/i/2815436502>* >> > >> > *9:30 AM BLT-51 will launch* >> > >> > *You can track with **http://APRS.fi <http://aprs.fi/>** search **the >> > call W5ACM-10. * >> > >> > *You can Google APRS to find the site.* >> > >> > *BLT-51 will be a floater, designed to be tracked via APRS and glide >> > across the country, and hopefully even further. The last one went to >> > Florida in about six hours.* >> > >> > *Around 1:00 PM another launch BLT-52* >> > >> > *BLT-52 is a “popper.” **Designed to go up as high as possible and burst, >> > also to be tracked via APRS. Last August a popper flew to nearly 100,000 >> > feet. “To the edge of space.”* >> > >> > *W5ACM Cross-band FM repeater will be in board with with * >> > >> > *Input on 147.435 MHz **ß**-----**à** Output on 446.550 MHz no tone, >> > open to all to work * >> > >> > *A WB8ELK APRS Tracker on 144.390 MHz with the call W5ACM-11 will be on >> > board.* >> > >> > *You can track at **http://APRS.fi <http://aprs.fi/>** search for >> > W5ACM-11* >> > >> > *On board also the AB5SS Smart Beeper** on 10 and 20M 14.318 & 28.322 >> > mHz, the temperature in CW call sign and BL-52. Wach as the balloon passes >> > through 60,000 feet the Temperature to rise. * >> > >> > *The video will also be recorded for later playback as well, and depending >> > on the size of the captures, they will either be in the groups.io >> > <http://groups.io> FILES >> > area https://groups.io/g/Ham-Radio-Tech-Notes/files >> > <https://groups.io/g/Ham-Radio-Tech-Notes/files>** , or my >> > website.K5WH.net <http://website.K5WH.net>* >> > >> > . >> > _______________________________________________ >> > BVARC mailing list >> > Radio,Radio,Radio We are a radio Club! >> > Talk it up! On the air about every event, every meeting, every net, every >> > time, talk about the club, ham fests, events and people. >> > [email protected] >> > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> > Message delivered to [email protected] >> > >> ______________________________________________________________ >> NARS mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/nars >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > Radio,Radio,Radio We are a radio Club! > Talk it up! On the air about every event, every meeting, every net, every > time, talk about the club, ham fests, events and people. > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Message delivered to [email protected]
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