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Bill,<BR>
That is Pete Coons (forget his callsign) and his large group, mainly youth from the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.<BR>
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I met him back in March or April.<BR>
They launch from about 10 miles from my home at Koerner Airfield on the SW outskirts of Kankakee. I should get on their mailing list and do some chasing one day. Might be fun.<BR>
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For anyone interested in a simple on the ground RF APRS story.<BR>
Check out this article on page two from the April KARS Key Klicks newsletter<BR>
from Kankakee, IL.<BR>
<A href="http://www.w9az.com/Newsletters/KARS-April-09.pdf">http://www.w9az.com/Newsletters/KARS-April-09.pdf</A><BR><BR>Clay Melhorn N9IO Bonfield, IL<BR>Webmaster:<BR>KARS - Kankakee Area Radio Society - W9AZ <A href="http://www.w9az.com/">http://www.w9az.com/</A><BR>ARRL (Central Division) <A href="http://www.central.arrl.org/">http://www.central.arrl.org/</A><BR> <BR> <BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR>> From: william.diaz@comcast.net<BR>> To: aprssig@tapr.org<BR>> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:59:50 -0500<BR>> Subject: [aprssig] 3 balloons aloft in NE Illinois<BR>> <BR>> There are apparently 3 balloons aloft to the East of Kankakee, IL, beaconing<BR>> at 30 second intervals on 144.39.<BR>> <BR>> KC9LIG-11>APBL10,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W9DRR-10:!4103.03N/08746.72W-098/036/A=<BR>> 007734 Adler Far Horizons balloon<BR>> WB9SKY-11>APT311,WIDE2-2,qAR,W9DRR-10:/165654h4102.83N/08743.09WO087/040/A=0<BR>> 31218<BR>> KC9POK-11>APT312,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,KD8CAO:/165736h4103.20N\08735.06WS100/0<BR>> 27/A=043819/DePaul High Altitude Ball<BR>> <BR>> Note the paths used. The local channel is solid, wall-to-wall packets,<BR>> rendering it essentially useless to other users.<BR>> <BR>> Bill KC9XG<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> aprssig mailing list<BR>> aprssig@tapr.org<BR>> https://www.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig<BR><br /><hr />Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Celebrate the moment with your favorite sports pics. <a href='http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_QA_HM_sports_photos_072009&cat=sports' target='_new'>Check it out.</a></body>
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