[aprssig] 3 balloons aloft in NE Illinois

Bill Diaz william.diaz at comcast.net
Thu Jul 23 12:59:50 EDT 2009


There are apparently 3 balloons aloft to the East of Kankakee, IL, beaconing
at 30 second intervals on 144.39.

KC9LIG-11>APBL10,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W9DRR-10:!4103.03N/08746.72W-098/036/A=
007734 Adler Far Horizons balloon
WB9SKY-11>APT311,WIDE2-2,qAR,W9DRR-10:/165654h4102.83N/08743.09WO087/040/A=0
31218
KC9POK-11>APT312,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,KD8CAO:/165736h4103.20N\08735.06WS100/0
27/A=043819/DePaul High Altitude Ball

Note the paths used.  The local channel is solid, wall-to-wall packets,
rendering it essentially useless to other users.

Bill KC9XG





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