[aprssig] Round-world APRS balloons still flying!

[Steve Noskowicz]

As of this email  19:40  2014-08-17.  Times from aprs.fi  CDT (Chicago time  UTC-5) 
 
B-63, or M0XER-3 on APRS. Was last heard from just south of Seoul S. Korea at 2014-08-10 03:05:15
  http://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=9&call=a%2FM0XER-3&timerange=604800&tail=604800  Launched 8th July.
 
B-64, or M0XER-4 on APRS. Was last heardf from in Central Alaska:
  http://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=4&call=a%2FM0XER-4&timerange=604800&tail=604800   14-08-15 06:20:19 Launched 12th July.
  Last heard 2014-08-15 06:20:19 
 
B-66, or M0XER-6 on APRS.  Finally re-appeared over the southern Yukon today, Sunday:
   http://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=9&call=a%2FM0XER-6&timerange=604800&tail=604800   2014-08-17 10:33:51 
And last heard 2014-08-17 14:06:30 
However it didn't appear to be near the limit of radio range of VY1RM-1 in Whitehourse.  It should have been in radio range for another 200-250 miles or so.  Launched 19th July.
 
These reminds me of the Kingston Trio song he MTA.. "DId he ever return, no he never returned..."
 
73, Steve, K9DCI
 
 From: John Wiseman <john.wiseman at cantab.net>
To: 'TAPR APRS Mailing List' <aprssig at tapr.org> 
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Round-world APRS balloons still flying!
  

http://leobodnar.com/balloons/B-66/index.html

73, John G8BPQ

-----Original Message-----
From: aprssig-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf
Of Stephen H. Smith
Sent: 17 August 2014 18:24
To: n3gxh at arrl.net; TAPR APRS Mailing List
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Round-world APRS balloons still flying!

On 8/17/2014 12:19 PM, Ed Lizard Rosen wrote:
> -6 now over Yukon.
>
> On 8/16/2014 09:16, Steve Noskowicz wrote:
>> I've been grabbing screen shots of them every so often, for a slide show.
>> -3, -4 and -6
>> 73, Steve, K9DCI
>>
>> *From:* AD4BL <ad4bl at hughes.net>
>> *To:* TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig at tapr.org>
>> *Sent:* Friday, August 15, 2014 3:17 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [aprssig] Round-world APRS balloons still flying!
>>
>> We were tracking M0XER-4 here in Alaska. It flew about 200 miles west of
us
>> here in Fairbanks. Hitting the Fox Digi with 10 milliwats!
>>
>> Sent from AD4BL SEC Alaska
>>

Does anyone know anything about the balloon type, payload design, etc for
these 
flights?




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