[aprssig] ATTN: European Hams -- Get Set To Monitor K6RPT-11 APRS Balloon!

[Stephen H. Smith]

Oh No!   It's now within range of at least one buggy TNC/igate that is delaying 
forwarding packets to the APRS-IS.   I'm now seeing 20-mile fore-and-aft 
cha-cha-cha "hyperjumps" as long-delayed old packets replace newer ones.

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On 12/12/2011 10:55 PM, Andrew P. wrote:
> I'm watching -11 from the west suburbs of Philadelphia, PA.
>
> And -12 is _still_ transmitting, wherever it's landed.
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: Lee Bengston
> To: aprssig at tapr.org
> Sent: Dec 12, 2011 10:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] ATTN: European Hams -- Get Set To Monitor K6RPT-11	APRS Balloon!
>
>
> What timing.  I just saw this message and checked APRSIS32, which was
> already running on this computer, and there was K6RPT-11 in the
> scrolling station list.  I'm in Leesburg, VA.
>
> Lee - K5DAT
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Stephen H. Smith<wa8lmf2 at aol.com>  wrote:
>> The K6RPT balloons launched from California late Sunday afternoon local time
>> (about 0100 UTC Monday) have far exceeded expectations.  K6RPT-12 landed
>> Monday afternoon near Indianapolis, Indiana.
>>
>> K6RPT-11 survived the day's UV exposure and is still flying as of 22:30 EST
>> (03:30 UTC).  It's currrently over the state of Maryland about 50 miles (80
>> KM) north of Washington, D.C moving at 145 MPH (230 KM/h).     This balloon
>> is going to be out over the Atlantic within the next hour if all goes well.
>>     There is now a real possibility that it may get into radio range of the
>> UK or continental Europe sometime Tuesday morning UTC.
>>
>> The problem is that it is transmitting on the North American APRS frequency
>> of 144.39 MHz.   Could some Euro receive/igate stations temporarily retune
>> their RX to 144.39 until midday UTC Tuesday?
>>
>>
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