[aprssig] K6RPT-15 Balloon Aloft

[Stephen H. Smith]

On 2/12/2011 3:08 PM, Tom wrote:
> So how did this go?  There appeared to be a loss of signal from time to 
> time.  The last position I say had the balloon at 110,00 ft but never say it 
> descend?
> Tom
>
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Stephen H. Smith <wa8lmf2 at aol.com 
> <mailto:wa8lmf2 at aol.com>> wrote:
>
>     K6RPT-15 balloon has launched.
>
>     <http://wa8lmf.net/LiveTrack>    for UIview color-coded track  and
>     3D-look topo maps.
>


No further info on what happened so far.    My guess is that the electronics 
froze at altitude, became intermittent and then failed completely.



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