<div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">Hi Bob,<br><br>On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Bob Bruninga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu" target="_blank">bruninga@usna.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">Photos now posted on <a href="http://aprs.org/balloons.html" target="_blank">http://aprs.org/balloons.html</a><br>
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Since we were beyond the Choptank (last water body) and descending slowly we<br>
decided not to send the cut-loose command and ride it down. When we got in<br>
about 4 miles range we began to see the wireless camera again and could see<br>
chicken coops below. At 2000' we turned on a farm road and told the other<br>
car to go to the next road and turn. It passed over us and we got a solid<br>
visual.<br></blockquote><div><br>Since I was such a skeptic before, I need to ask... How'd the 4' dish with tracking work? I still can't imagine this thing being able to track the balloon while in motion. I understand the math part, it's the opposing forces of a 1 RPM Az / El motor system vs a bouncing, turning, wind buffetted minivan. I know you guys do this all day long with big guns on ships, but dishes on minivans?<br>
<br>Were you able to get a good lock on the signal and hold it?<br><br>Greg KO6TH<br> <br></div></div><br></div>