<br><div>This balloon was designed to fly far above the jet stream, not in it. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Andre <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aprs@pe1rdw.demon.nl">aprs@pe1rdw.demon.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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OK, sorry I was being pessimistic, I promise it won't happen again
and keep my hopes up of it surviving untill sun up, maybe by then it
will hit the jetstream it was suposed to hit today, someone told me
it was to far south for the stream but was about right in hight.<br>
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73 Andre PE1RDW<br>
Op 25-3-2012 1:09, Steve Daniels schreef:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Agreed it’s not
a burst, worst case
a slow leak, and as you say looks to be just a
cooling of the gas<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma" lang="EN-US">
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[<a href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org" target="_blank">mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>R.
Rochte<br>
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24 March 2012 23:59<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <u></u>TAPR APRS Mailing List<u></u><br>
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Re: [aprssig] [aprsisce]
Transatlantic balloon attempt</span></font><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The descent rate right now is consistent
with what I have seen from
zero pressure balloons (including solar
Montgolfieres) after sun down.
Almost certainly not a burst event or anything like
that - just a simple
cooling of the gas. It's still a long way down to
the tropopause from
there and it will likely slow down as it approaches.
If it does, indeed,
drop below the tropopause before the sun comes up,
then it will start to drop
like a rock (well, not quite, but a lot faster than
we're seeing now).<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The big question is, how is their
ballast-release controlled?
There was a tweet earlier that seemed to suggest
it was timer-based and
should have already occurred by now. If there is
also an active ballast
release system on board (e.g., altitude
dependent), then perhaps the flight is
just getting started. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<<a href="mailto:ko6th.greg@gmail.com" target="_blank">ko6th.greg@gmail.com</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">One more, 88,935 ft at 23:45z, but
only 16mph. I hope it isn't
looking out at the vast expanse of ocean ahead
and chickening out. Where
is that jet stream, anyway?<br>
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Greg KO6TH<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote: <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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although I hope not. At 89,662 feet,
the copying Digi/IGate pair are right at
the edge of the coverage footprint.<br>
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<img src="cid:part2.08010607.01000701@pe1rdw.demon.nl" border="0" height="270" width="356">
Note: 349 miles from balloon to
digi and another 20 miles to the IGate.<br>
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<u></u>Lynn<u></u> (D) -
KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for
Windows <u></u><u></u>Mobile<u></u><u></u>
and Win32<br>
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On 3/24/2012 7:15 PM, Greg D wrote: <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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just reported a ping at 23:11z. Dropped a
bit in altitude and
speed. It may be a long night.<br>
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Greg KO6TH<br>
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until some time in the
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