[amsat-bb] Re: FW: [aprssig] K6RPT-11 Has Left The US Mainland - Europe Get Ready to Monitor 144.39

[Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)]

Yes, but it was also not transmitting for 17.5 hours now, or at least 
whatever component of that time that it was still within range of the 
United States.  It may or may not get there and it may or may not wake 
up enough to transmit.

But it is also on 144.390, so if you're listening for one, you're 
listening for both.

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ

On 12/13/2011 10:17 AM, Joe wrote:
> 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.
>
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> 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-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces at 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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