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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>Jake,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>I am more than happy to help you get a base station set up in WinAPRS but I have no experience with a sound card TNC and I have never run AGWPE. I am also not familiar with your GPS nor radio and have never participated in a balloon event, however, there are several people in our NW APRS Group who have done balloon events, so I am posting your request on our mailing list. Hopefully one of them will be able to jump in and help you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>I am also posting this request on the TAPR APRS list which has nationwide coverage if not worldwide coverage. I know there are a number of folks who have done balloon events and should also be able to help you get things set up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>The thing you did not state is what your call sign is or the location of your balloon flight. If people were to know where your flight will take place from, there might be someone in that area that could assist. Hopefully in the next day or so, you will be overwhelmed with folks who are able to help you…..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>Good luck with your flight and be sure to post it on both of these mailing lists so those interested can follow it on APRS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>Herb, KB7UVC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>NW APRS Group, West Sound Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>Our WEB Site: <a href="http://www.nwaprs.info/">http://www.nwaprs.info</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jake Hecla [mailto:jakehecla@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 02, 2012 3:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> hgerhardt@wavecable.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Newbie attempting to use WinAPRS<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello Mr. Gerhardt- Sorry to bother you, but I'm a member of a student group launching a high altitude balloon later this month, and I have some questions about APRS tracking. I ran across your contact info on a NWAPRS publication, and figured that you would likely be a knowledgeable resource to ask for help. As the lead on the avionics subteam on the Aviation High School balloon crew, I'm in charge of building and operating a base station (a laptop in our recovery vehicle) as well as a beacon in the payload onboard. I'm fairly sure I have a good setup in for the onboard station ( I have a byonics GPS4 unit, a Wouxun KG-UV3D and an OpenTracker+) but I'm doing an awful job with the base station at the moment. I recently downloaded AGWPE and WinAPRS and tried to do the soundcard TNC trick, but was completely unable pick up a single packet. I'm at my wit's end on this issue, and I'm looking for any advice one might have.<br><br>Thanks for your time-<br><br>-Jake J. Hecla<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>