[aprssig] K6RPT-11 Strato-Floater Balloon Update - Coast-to-Coast and Still Going!

[Dave Waterman]

It's back!  Just heard by CU2ARA.

73,
Dave - K6MAR


At 10:28 AM 12/13/2011, you wrote:

>The last packets I see shows a V166 which is below the level 
>reported (here) as being where Tx power begins to decrease (V1A1), 
>so isn't battery voltace lower than 'normal'?
>
>I also noticed that the altitude in the packets (109373) had not 
>changed for many packets, even though the posit did, which makes me 
>wonder if something was already not working correctly.
>
>
>20111213084231,K6RPT-11>APBL10,VE1YAR,WIDE2*,qAR,VE1GX-1:!3901.87N/06732.80WO101/133/A=109373V166 
>CNSP-11
>
>It sure would be cool if it appeard 'over there'.
>
>--
>  73, Steve, K9DCI
>--- On Tue, 12/13/11, Stephen H. Smith <wa8lmf2 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > The K6RPT APRS-equipped high-altitude
> > balloon left the U.S. mainland,  headed out over the
> > Atlantic about 0330 UTC Tuesday after a coast-to-coast
> > crossing of the US from the San Jose, California launch
> > site.
> >
> > Radio contact was lost about 400 miles off the New Jersey
> > coast. At that point it was still transmitting and reporting
> > normal battery voltage, holding altitude around 107,000 ft,
> > and headed toward the Straights of Gibraltar at about 150
> > MPH (240 KM/h).
> >
> > It may yet be heard in Europe Tuesday afternoon or evening
> > UTC  --IF--  the balloon's latex envelope survives
> > another day of UV exposure, and the transmitter's battery
> > lasts that long.    Line of sight radio range at
> > 100,000 feet is approx 400-450 miles (640-720 KM).
> >
> > Live Track  UIview/Precision Mapping 9 display with
> > last-heard location at:
> >
> > <http://wa8lmf.net/livetrack>
> >
>
>
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