<div dir="ltr">THe APRS transponder died when nearing release. It would not reboot. So they took the tracker out of a van and tossed it in the cooler.<div><br></div><div>Amazing it worked. They planned for a landing in Intercourse, PA and so they choose the launch site at 7 AM to target that small town. Amazingly l=the balloon crossed right over the two-road intersection that marks the town, but still at 18,000 feet. But it was coming down and landed not far from town where the chasers were.</div><div><br></div><div>Callsign was THNSAT-9.</div><div><br></div><div>Snatched success from the jaws of defeat!</div><div><br></div><div>Bob</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 12:58 PM spam8mybrain <<a href="mailto:spam8mybrain@yahoo.com">spam8mybrain@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Or is THNSAT-9 with the N-overlaid van symbol the balloon? I find it highly unlikely that anyone would be driving a van at 21000 meters altitude. :-)<div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Andrew, KA2DDO</div><div dir="auto">author of YAAC </div></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: spam8mybrain via aprssig <<a href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org" target="_blank">aprssig@lists.tapr.org</a>> <br>Date: 4/12/19 09:19 (GMT-05:00) <br>To: Robert Bruninga <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu" target="_blank">bruninga@usna.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:wa4tkg@netzero.net" target="_blank">wa4tkg@netzero.net</a> <br>Cc: TAPR APRS Mailing List <<a href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org" target="_blank">aprssig@lists.tapr.org</a>> <br>Subject: Re: [aprssig] REF: PA Balloon Launch <br><br>So where's the balloon? Been looking all morning and haven't seen a trace of it.<br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Robert Bruninga <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu" target="_blank">bruninga@usna.edu</a>> <br>Date: 4/12/19 06:25 (GMT-05:00) <br>To: <a href="mailto:wa4tkg@netzero.net" target="_blank">wa4tkg@netzero.net</a> <br>Cc: TAPR APRS Mailing List <<a href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org" target="_blank">aprssig@lists.tapr.org</a>> <br>Subject: Re: [aprssig] REF: PA Balloon Launch <br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Range at altitude should be a few hundred miles.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 2:14 AM <a href="mailto:wa4tkg@netzero.net" target="_blank">wa4tkg@netzero.net</a> <<a href="mailto:wa4tkg@netzero.net" target="_blank">wa4tkg@netzero.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>How far South / away do you expect / usually get in range on one of these ?</div>
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<div> I guess it won't matter ANYWAY, because NOTHING plots on my Map Screen...only myself.</div>
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<div>WA4TKG / 7J6CAT<br><br><br>Subject: REF: PA Balloon Launch Friday 12 Apr at 7 AM New Market, to NE</div>
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<div>Balloon will launch about 7 AM from New Market, MD and land somewhere around Intercourse, PA about 2 hours later. Then the search begins.! Watch it during your morning commute!<br><br></div>
<div>Bob, WB4APR</div>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 11:59 AM Robert Bruninga <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu" target="_blank">bruninga@usna.edu</a>> wrote:</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The Naval Academy will be launching a balloon from around Central PA<br> which will fly east to around Lancaster on midday Friday. It will be APRS<br> on 144.39. Callsign is BEPSAT-11 (W3ADO in the BTEXT).<br> <br> Please help us capture it. I can't be there. Only students.<br> <br> Bob, Wb4APR</blockquote>
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