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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I added the PLOT of all the APRS balloons on Eclipse day to my Balloon page.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><a href="http://aprs.org/balloons.html">http://aprs.org/balloons.html</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I assume these were trackers on all the 50 NASA balloons launched that day by students all across the country to stream live video of the event. But there is not a single mention of APRS on their web page, and not a single Ham has mentioned involvement here on the APRSSIG or on AMSAT. Yet all the balloons had Ham calls. I’d like someone involved to document the HAM invovvement in this massive undertaking and describe the APRS portion so I can add it to the web page.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">And why does <a href="http://FINDU.COM">FINDU.COM</a> find about 148 Balloons in the USA, and I can only count about 50 along the path and only a few more..?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Bob</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Robert Bruninga [mailto:<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu">bruninga@usna.edu</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 24, 2017 11:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> TAPR APRS Mailing List<br><b>Cc:</b> Robert Bruninga<br><b>Subject:</b> Fwd: [aprsisce] Re: Eclipse Umbra Path (148 Balloons!)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">My HT on a rubber duck just north of Georgia picked up 12 APRS balloons during the eclipse, all under 200 miles away. Closest one only 4 miles away, but wife would not let me chase it. Had a 14 hour drive to get back before classes the next morning. (Got 3 hours sleep.)</p><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>When I got home, I counted 244 APRS Balloons on Eclipse day on <a href="http://FINDU.COM" target="_blank">FINDU.COM</a>. Subtracting out the 96 from other parts of the world that day left 148 over the USA. But looking at the map, I only could find about 46 along the track? Where were the others?</p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I cant get a plot of all the USA ones since the filters on APRSFI wont work that big.</p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Looking for someone who can plot all the APRS balloons that day on one map?</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Mark, KE6BB posted a plot of all the "Flight" symbols during the eclipse. Most are balloons, but a few aircraft mixed in as well. But Ill have to post it on a web page to share it with the group.<br><br>Came back to unrelated total WEB and phone blackout till now (Thurs nite).<br><br>Bob, WB4APR</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:white">__._,_.___</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></body></html>