Keep an eye on that battery voltage. Gain on the final amplifier drops off dramatically below 4.0 volts. that corresponds<div>to</div><div><br></div><div>'V1A0'</div><div><br></div><div>and we're at 'V1B2' right now, so not much headroom.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Greg K7RKT </div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Steve Noskowicz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:noskosteve@yahoo.com">noskosteve@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I see that VE3LSR-4 gated it recently from about 500 miles, so hopefully we'll be able to 'see' it about that far off the coast.<br>
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What's the radio range at 107k ft...? My calculations show about 407 miles line-of-sight (over the horizon) to a 30' tower and 470 miles diffraction corrected radio range, it looks reasonable.<br>
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Anybody know a URL for real-time jet stream maps/plots?<br>
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--- Gregg Wonderly wrote:<br>
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> At that altitude, what is going to<br>
> happen over the ocean? Will it head north<br>
> due to some influence of the lower level jet stream<br>
> activities I wonder?<br>
><br>
> Gregg<br>
><br>
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