[aprssig] U of M At It Again - ANOTHER Clueless Balloon Launch

[Jim Duncan]

Slim Pickens as the pilot in "Dr. Strangelove" comes to mind as does his
immortal description of what takes place at the Number 6 dance that evening
in "Blazing Saddles!"

Seriously, somebody in Michigan needs to go have a serious talk with the
sponsor of this group at U of M and explain how badly they're screwing
things up on a worldwide basis.

73 de Jim, KU0G

-----Original Message-----
From: aprssig-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf
Of Gary Stern
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2014 9:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [aprssig] U of M At It Again - ANOTHER Clueless Balloon Launch

call in the usaf ??

On 20/04/14 11:01, Jeff Dugas (Mobile) wrote:
> Every 15 seconds?  Good grief.  That's unnecessary.
>
> This could be inferred as jamming of the frequency. Or at least close to
it.
>
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> "Stephen H. Smith" <wa8lmf2 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> After clogging 144.39 Mhz with a three hop path from a balloon every 
>> 15 seconds for hours on end last month, the University of Michigan is now
at it again.
>>
>> This time they're beaconing every 15 seconds on the ISS frequency of 
>> 145.825 MHz.  They are apparently trying to be digipeated by the 
>> station but are using the wrong alias in their path.
>>
>> They have ARISS in their path instead of the station's Russian callsign:
i.e.
>>
>>    KD8TMY-12>APT314,ARISS
>>
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