BLT-49.1 should be partying over Daytona Beach, FL - ASAP! See below for specs on today’s launches from the Greater Houston Hamfest!
To The Edge of Space! Andy W5ACM http://www.w5acm.net From: John Maca [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 6:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Balloons launched at Hamfest today - BLT-49.1 still afloat and heading for Florida This morning at the Houston Hamfest, we had a great balloon launch talk by Andy MacAllister, W5ACM, followed by two successful balloon launches. The first launch at 9:05am was BLT-49.2 and was a 300g 'popper' latex balloon carrying a digital Fireball smart beacon sending the temperature in CW on 14.318 MHz & 28.322 MHz. We copied the weak CW beacon until 11:45am and believe it burst at well over 110,000 feet based on the time aloft and temperatures we were receiving. Very successful flight! The second launch of BLT-49.1 occurred about 9:06am and was a 'floater' balloon (1m Qualatex Mylar) carrying a PecanPico 5 APRS tracker. It rose very slowly into the sky, escorted by several drones videoing the event, headed north then shot off to the east passing over Houston, Beaumont and New Orleans. After avoiding a few thunderstorms along the way, it is currently just below Panama City, FL at ~30,000 feet heading for Orlando & KSC! It can be tracked on aprs.fi or tracker.habhub.org (see links below). After crossing Florida, we're hoping to hear from it again on the other side of the Atlantic!!! I'll post pictures of the launch later when I get them. https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap <https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=11&call=a%2FAB5SS-11> &z=11&call=a%2FAB5SS-11 https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap <https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=6&qm=1_day&mc=29.97358,-84.9113&f=AB5SS-11> &mz=6&qm=1_day&mc=29.97358,-84.9113&f=AB5SS-11 73 de John AB5SS
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