Alas, the balloon is loosing altitude at a steady rate. Now (10pm), below 19,000 feet (Pull up! Pull up!). Glad the battery is still powering the transmitter -- everything was fine at local sunset.
73 de Bill, KG5FQX On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 8:47 PM Keith Dutson via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Andy. I figured that out after I sent the post. Duh! > > > > Keith > > > > *From:* Andy <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, March 17, 2018 7:53 PM > > > *To:* 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <[email protected]> > *Cc:* 'Keith Dutson' <[email protected]> > > *Subject:* RE: [BVARC] FW: Balloons launched at Hamfest today - BLT-49.1 > still afloat and heading for Florida > > > > BLT-49.2 was a “popper”. It rose for over 2.5 hours to well over 110,000 > ft, and then came down into the Gulf of Mexico east of Galveston. That’s > what “poppers” do. This is a record altitude for one of these latex wonders! > > > > Andy W5ACM > > > > *From:* BVARC [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Keith Dutson via BVARC > *Sent:* Saturday, March 17, 2018 7:46 PM > *To:* 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Keith Dutson <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] FW: Balloons launched at Hamfest today - BLT-49.1 > still afloat and heading for Florida > > > > BLT-49.1 speed now about 80 mph, headed to Ocala. Seems to be descending > slowly, but that could be the air currents at 29000 ft. Hoping it makes it > across Florida, into the Atlantic. Wonder what it would be like to be a > passenger on an airliner, and happen to pass nearby. <grin> > > > > Listening for BLT-49.2 on 14.318, but only hearing noise at S7 level. > > > > SRI missed the launch. I was busy setting up the TQP display. > > > > 73, Keith NM5G > > > > *From:* BVARC <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Andy via BVARC > *Sent:* Saturday, March 17, 2018 7:09 PM > *To:* [email protected]; [email protected]; 'BRAZOS VALLEY > AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Andy <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [BVARC] FW: Balloons launched at Hamfest today - BLT-49.1 > still afloat and heading for Florida > > > > 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] <[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&z=11&call=a%2FAB5SS-11 > > > > > https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=6&qm=1_day&mc=29.97358,-84.9113&f=AB5SS-11 > > > > 73 de John > > AB5SS > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Message delivered to [email protected] >
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