[aprssig] Pictures from recovery of Ham Radio Balloon today
Robbie - WA9INF
mwrobertson at comcast.net
Sun Dec 5 22:08:22 EST 2004
Good job and a good show! Thanks for sharing.
Robbie
rwf wrote:
> Pictures from recovery of WB8ELK-11 at The Atlanta Balloonatics home page
> http://www.bsrg.org/balloon/
>
>
> Launched by Bill Brown, WB8ELK from Huntsville Alabama.
>
> Recovered by:
> Dick and Sandy
> wb7ond & kc4tbq of Fayetteville, NC
>
>
> Chased by
>
> Darrin Pierce AG4BF
> Jesse Pierce KG4IBN
> Ralph Fowler N4NEQ
> Lin Holcomb N4YCI
> Spencer Fowler (no call yet)
>
> This balloon was launched from Huntsville Alabama, got into the jet
> stream at 117,000 ft and traveled 445 miles at 125 MPH almost to the
> ocean before finally bursting and parachuting down. It had an APRS
> package on board which functioned flawlessly all the way to the ground.
>
>
>
> Ralph
> N4NEQ
>
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