Also Keep an ear out on the same frequency for NG0X-2
It is a similar flight, and it actually may arrive across the pond first it had a several hundred mile head start.
Joe WB9SBD The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 12/13/2011 9:01 AM, Bob Bruninga wrote:
AMSAT/APRS ops needed in Europe to track trans-atlantic balloon! Here is the last position copied on APRS with it 500 miles out to sea headed for Europe.. http://aprs.fi/?call=k6rpt-11&mt=roadmap&z=7&timerange=172800&_s=ss_call Its on USA freq of 144.39 so will not be heard in Europe except by people specifically tuning for it. Just point your high gain beam east and monitor 144.39 and capture any of the 1200 baud AX.25 packets! Bob, WB4APR -----Original Message----- From: aprssig-boun...@tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-boun...@tapr.org] On Behalf Of Steve Noskowicz Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 11:30 PM To: TAPR APRS Mailing List Subject: Re: [aprssig] K6RPT-11 Has Left The US Mainland - Europe Get Ready to Monitor 144.39 I see that VE3LSR-4 gated it recently from about 500 miles, so hopefully we'll be able to 'see' it about that far off the coast. What's the radio range at 107k ft...? My calculations show about 407 miles line-of-sight (over the horizon) to a 30' tower and 470 miles diffraction corrected radio range, it looks reasonable. Anybody know a URL for real-time jet stream maps/plots? Go baby, Go!
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