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

[Greg Clark]

WAHOO!  Made it all the way to the Atlantic!

-- Greg K7RKT

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Gregg Wonderly <gregg at wonderly.org> wrote:

> About 5-10 minutes from now, -11 will be at the coastal waters.
>
> Gregg
>
>
> On 12/12/2011 9:55 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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>>>
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