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<DIV>Chuckle... So did the chase car have an inflatable boat for such a contingency...? Or were there just a bunch of guys on the shore, pointing and wishing for a wind shift...?</DIV>
<DIV>-- <BR>73, Steve, K9DCI USN (Vet) MOT (Ret) Ham (Yet)<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>--- On <B>Wed, 4/17/13, Robert Bruninga <I><bruninga@usna.edu></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu><BR>Subject: Re: [aprssig] FM CW Balloon launch Annapolis Wed at 11 AM - SPLASH!<BR>To: aprssig@tapr.org<BR>Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 1:19 PM<BR><BR>
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<P class=yiv580254865MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Splash! Worked perfectly but we overshot the island! Drats!</SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=yiv580254865MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">See the track: <A href="http://aprs.org/balloons.html" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://aprs.org/balloons.html</A></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=yiv580254865MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">We did not calculate the slow descent of a small water bottle only weighing 80g even without a chute. Only a 30’ streamer. The payload came down no faster than it went up. So even though the cut worked at the Burn Longitude, the descent overshot the island.</SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=yiv580254865MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Bob, WB4aPR</SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=yiv580254865MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Robert Bruninga [mailto:<A href="http://us.mc1126.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bruninga@usna.edu" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu">bruninga@usna.edu</A>] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 16, 2013 9:51 PM<BR><B>To:</B> <A href="http://us.mc1126.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=aprssig@tapr.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B> FM CW Balloon launch Annapolis Wed at 11 AM </SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=yiv580254865MsoNormal>A small (2 party balloon) payload sending FM CW on 433.72 +/- MHz may be heard within a few dozen miles of Annapolis Maryland around Noon on Wed. It sends LAT/LON/ALT using a modified CW and a KeyFob 10mw FM transmitter.</DIV>
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<P class=yiv580254865MsoNormal>The balloon will only go to 5000’ and wont have a range beyond 50 miles or less. </DIV>
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<P class=yiv580254865MsoNormal>See details: <A href="http://aprs.org/balloons.html" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://aprs.org/balloons.html</A></DIV>
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<P class=yiv580254865MsoNormal>You will see local APRS bulletins from the chase team, but You wont see the position on APRS unless someone has time to take the decoded LAT/LON/ALT in CW and enter them as an object. </DIV>
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<P class=yiv580254865MsoNormal>Bob, WB4APR</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<BR><BR>
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