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<font face="Arial">The K6RPT-12 long-duration high-altitude balloon
left the North American mainland, after crossing directly over
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada at approximately 17:35 US EDT (2230
UTC 2 December). <br>
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It's heading out almost straight east across the Atlantic ocean at
about 210 MPH (340 KM/h) at aproximately 110,000 feet (33,500
meters). At it's present rate of travel, we will have about
another 90 minutes to two hours before it goes out of range of
igates in North America. <br>
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Tune your igate receivers to the North American APRS channel of
144.39 MHz by around 0200-0300 UTC 3 December to try to igate
it.<br>
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The flight is having problems with the GPS receiver constantly
unlocking and relocking, yielding a rather odd saw-tooth-like
track. The true track is easily discernible, if you ignore or
filter out the beacons with an elevation near sea level. <br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.californianearspaceproject.com/"><http://www.californianearspaceproject.com/></a><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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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>
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