[aprssig] N1VG-11 balloon launch

[Stephen Brown Jr]

That's very cool and I'll look for it this weekend.

73's
Stephen
N1VLV


On 11/8/06, scott at opentrac.org <scott at opentrac.org> wrote:
>
> Weather permitting, this Saturday we'll be launching a balloon from
> somewhere along CA highway 14 about 35 miles north of Mojave.  It'll be on
> 144.39 and will have digipeating enabled - if you're in range, give it a
> try
> (via N1VG-11 or AIR1).  We'll be launching at around 9:00, and the flight
> should take around two hours.  I've written up a brief web page for the
> launch at http://n1vg.net/balloon.
>
> We're going to be short on people, and I could really use someone to
> monitor
> the flight remotely and help with landing predictions, and possibly to act
> as a backup to send cutdown commands if it gets away.  Maybe we can get an
> IGate configured to pass objects to make it easier to relay prediction
> information.  If you're interested in volunteering, let me know.
>
> We could also use volunteers for tracking and recovery.  If you're in the
> area, feel free to join in.  Current predictions put the landing site
> somewhere near Baker.
>
> Scott
> N1VG
>
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