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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The explaination I usually get is they are worried
when it gets low in altitude during the decent, (last few hundred feet) that
they won't get a fix on it. So the rest of us get QRM'ed for for the entire
duration just for their last few hundred feet on the return!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I guess they slept thru that class on
extrapolation, or have no concept of decent rates, winds, and educated
guesses.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Besides, one your hear it on direct if one were to
go to the last known position or just down wind of it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I'm all for balloon tracking, but lets use the
little profile switching feature of the firmware to use proper paths and TX rate
versus altitude.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Kriss KA1GJU</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>"Can't fix stupid."</FONT></DIV>
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