About 700+ days is the longest one I have heard of.
There are a couple up there right now, that have been around the planet 7 and 19 times. To make it a single time is quite a feat itself. Going longer that that is already plenty amazing. The K5WH-88 balloon just started squawking over Northern California on it’s 2nd lap. The tracker and balloon technology have just recently made some great improvements, making this possible today. The local group has about 20 trackers on hand right now, so we can expect to see a LOT more launches in the next few weeks. Walter/K5WH From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 7, 2022 9:53 AM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <[email protected]> Cc: 'Scott Medbury' <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [BVARC] W3FGP-11 is ALIVE! Does anyone know the world record for trips around the planet for a balloon like that? From: BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Scott Medbury via BVARC Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2022 8:13 AM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Scott Medbury <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BVARC] W3FGP-11 is ALIVE! Took a jog. Keep on truckin! On Sat, May 7, 2022, 7:59 AM Walter Holmes via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: After 5 days of being silent, the balloon has finally been picked up by APRS stations again, over Saudi Arabia. You can follow it LIVE using this link https://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FW3FGP-11 <https://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FW3FGP-11&timerange=604800&tail=604800> &timerange=604800&tail=604800 Or follow ALL balloons in the air around the world with this link. https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap <https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=5&qm=1_day&f=W3FGP-11&q=!RS_*> &mz=5&qm=1_day&f=W3FGP-11&q=!RS_*; If your only interested in the 2 flights we have active, you can use this link for W3FGP-11 and K5WH-88. https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap <https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=2&qm=All&mc=63.79873,150.3476&q=w3fgp-11;%20k5wh-88> &mz=2&qm=All&mc=63.79873,150.3476&q=w3fgp-11;%20k5wh-88 This path shows both of these making 1 trip around and BOTH are working on their 2nd right now. Walter/K5WH ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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