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WB9SKY-11 balloon launch scheduled today, July 20

 
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KC6VVT  



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Location: IL LaSalle Co Tonica

PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:52 am    Post subject: WB9SKY-11 balloon launch scheduled today, July 20 Reply with quote

WB9SKY-11 balloon launch scheduled today, July 20 carries APRS and t-hunt beacon.

Great day for a balloon launch in IL. APRS and T-Hunt frequencies below, watch APRS and listen for the beacon.
Also shows up on FindU when aloft if APRS working, so if at your work, watch for changes of location at this URL, especially Altitude is A=_______
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=WB9SKY-11

Friday 20Jul07 Noon CDT 17:00UT
NEW DATE & INFO
Far Horizons-4
Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum Chicago, IL
Kankakee Airport, IL (3KK)
41? 6' 0.12"N
87? 55' 0.16"W
WB9SKY-11
144.390 APRS
146.565 FM/CW Bcn
Middle school students participating

Way to go Adler!

vy 73 de Pat

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Pat Ryan KC6VVT
ARRL Illinois Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator
ASEC/IL ARRL
P. O. Box 24 e-mail: kc6vvt@arrl.net
Tonica, IL 61370-0024
Monitor 146.52/446.00 FM/local repeaters
APRS KC6VVT-14 on 144.390 pl 100.3
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ka9art  



Joined: 20 Jul 2007
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:12 pm    Post subject: How did it go? Reply with quote

I was watching the balloon track via the tracking site http://aprs.he.fi/
It looked like it was making great gains in altitude until it got in the area of Watseka IL and then it reversed direction and eventually stopped.

Pretty cool while it lasted though!
Bob
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KC6VVT  



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Location: IL LaSalle Co Tonica

PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:12 pm    Post subject: WB9SKY-11 and W9RAO-11 balloon tracks Reply with quote

Actually, it truns out there were two balloons launched.
Try these URL for WB9SKY-11 and W9RAO-11 both ADLER balloons.

The GPS/APRS seemed to stop on WB9SKY-11 half way up....almost 54Kft.
Last packet stored on FindU.com was:
WB9SKY-11>APOT02,WIDE3-3*,WIDE2-1,qAR,KC9GKA-1:!4045.20N/08745.72WO137/030 13.0V 30CAdler Far Horizons Balloon/A=053936

The unofficial altifude reached on W9RAO-11 was 89239 ft
W9RAO-11>APT311,K8BRC*,qAR,KC9GKA-1:/183031h4043.64N/08753.43WO269/030/A=089239/Adler Far Horizons Balloon

This german APRS site is interesting , paste long url on one line
APRS User Details for WB9SKY-11 http://www.db0anf.de/hamweb/aprsdb/showdata/WB9SKY-11/shmovements?nummovements=200

APRS User Details for W9RAO-11
http://www.db0anf.de/hamweb/aprsdb/showdata/W9RAO-11/shmovements?nummovements=200

If you have some decent bandwidth, zoom out , recenter, and wait for the tracks to build.

vy 73 de Pat KC6VVT

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Pat Ryan KC6VVT
ARRL Illinois Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator
ASEC/IL ARRL
P. O. Box 24 e-mail: kc6vvt@arrl.net
Tonica, IL 61370-0024
Monitor 146.52/446.00 FM/local repeaters
APRS KC6VVT-14 on 144.390 pl 100.3
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