Maybe a million…but if was that small…the precision is amazing. Darren W5AKC ________________________________ From: BVARC <[email protected]> on behalf of M Reiter via BVARC <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2023 2:27:02 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> Cc: M Reiter <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BVARC] The US Airforce may have shot down an Amateur Radio Pico Balloon over Canada
Let me get this straight, the GOVt spent a million dollars to shoot down a 10$ mylar happy face balloon with a $15 dollar raspberry Pi swinging on a string underneath it? On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 12:35 PM Keith Dutson via BVARC <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I would like to meet the ham who paid for that balloon. Must be flush with cash. 73, Keith NM5G On Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 10:28:57 AM CST, Gus Bernard via BVARC <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: LOVE IT! BTW, the Naval Academy's midshipmen balloon experiment site (linked under the pico balloon picture) is extremely interesting. I'm not a "ballooner," but that site piqued my interest! Gus K5GMB On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 8:27 AM Christopher Boone via BVARC <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Think we're getting a little zealous here lately....smdh Chris WB5ITT https://www.rtl-sdr.com/the-us-airforce-may-have-shot-down-an-amateur-radio-pico-balloon-over-canada/<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rtl-sdr.com%2Fthe-us-airforce-may-have-shot-down-an-amateur-radio-pico-balloon-over-canada%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cd1c971614b71497757af08db105c4dd8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638121760862439972%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=hMBEi%2Fb0yZKTccaMhYGXtXv0RCAIroVhkBBSFpLtI%2FY%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.bvarc.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fbvarc_bvarc.org&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cd1c971614b71497757af08db105c4dd8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638121760862439972%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RT41LISjaey8SvYZzYJFZtKrmTEAXWFZg03KTQtlAu8%3D&reserved=0> Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fbvarc%40bvarc.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cd1c971614b71497757af08db105c4dd8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638121760862439972%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8cVXenM8r5MPOz3MS2qT07UVf1wuEwVYNarTcYC8LAg%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.bvarc.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fbvarc_bvarc.org&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cd1c971614b71497757af08db105c4dd8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638121760862439972%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RT41LISjaey8SvYZzYJFZtKrmTEAXWFZg03KTQtlAu8%3D&reserved=0> Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fbvarc%40bvarc.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cd1c971614b71497757af08db105c4dd8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638121760862439972%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8cVXenM8r5MPOz3MS2qT07UVf1wuEwVYNarTcYC8LAg%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.bvarc.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fbvarc_bvarc.org&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cd1c971614b71497757af08db105c4dd8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638121760862439972%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RT41LISjaey8SvYZzYJFZtKrmTEAXWFZg03KTQtlAu8%3D&reserved=0> Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fbvarc%40bvarc.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cd1c971614b71497757af08db105c4dd8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638121760862439972%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8cVXenM8r5MPOz3MS2qT07UVf1wuEwVYNarTcYC8LAg%3D&reserved=0>
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