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

[Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)]

Hopefully the image will come through:



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

On 12/13/2011 2:12 PM, Dave Waterman wrote:
> 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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