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

[Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)]

To see a complete picture of K6RPT-11's flight across the United States 
(APRS-wise, at least), check out

http://tinyurl.com/7wuhcb3

Last received packet at 08:42 UTC on 2011-12-13 put it 400 miles off the 
East coast of the United States, moving east at 150 miles per hour at 
109,000 feet.

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32

On 12/12/2011 10:25 PM, Stephen H. Smith 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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