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<font face="Arial">K6RPT, who set a world record for a long-duration
APRS balloon flight (from California's Silicon Valley to the
Mediterranean near Tunisia) last year will be trying again Sunday
afternoon Californa (US Pacific) time. <br>
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</font><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">California
Near Space Project (CNSP)
is scheduled to launch a stratospheric floater on Sunday, December
2,
2012, at
4:45 p.m. PST (0045 UTC Monday 3 December), weather permitting.
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New
Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">Mark
Conner, N9XTN, from NSTAR is
working with us on this project and has given CNSP the final ok
to
launch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">CNSP will
be filling indoors using a
floating arm scale which allows the fill to be very accurate. </span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New
Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">APRS
updates will be every two
minutes with a total run time of 60 hours. The APRS tracker will
report
voltage
during the flight.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">Flight is<span
style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">CNSP-18
<span style=""> </span>(K6RPT-12)<br>
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The WA8LMF LiveTrack system will be displaying the flight on
UIview with Precision Mapping and UI-HeightTrack at:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://wa8lmf.net/livetrack"><http://wa8lmf.net/livetrack></a><br>
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This page provides two views, one from Uiview and a 3D-looking
relief map from Delorme TopoUSA. <br>
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I will also be plotting it's track on my usual 30M HF APRS page
with the full continental US map at:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://wa8lmf.net/map"><http://wa8lmf.net/map></a><br>
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<br>
Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com <br>
Skype: WA8LMF<br>
Home Page: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net">http://wa8lmf.net</a><br>
<br>
High Performance Sound Systems for Soundcard Apps<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/ham/imic.htm">http://wa8lmf.net/ham/imic.htm</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/ham/uca202.htm">http://wa8lmf.net/ham/uca202.htm</a><br>
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Vista & Win7 Install Issues for UI-View and Precision Mapping<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/UIview_Notes.htm#VistaWin7">http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/UIview_Notes.htm#VistaWin7</a><br>
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"APRS 101" Explanation of APRS Path Selection & Digipeating <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths">http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths</a> <br>
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