[amsat-bb] Fwd: K6RPT-11 transatlantic balloon is now being heard in Portugal

[Bob Bruninga]

> The K6RPT-11 transatlantic balloon 
> is now being heard in Portugal on 144.39.
>
> At 02:00:30 z K6RPT-11 was heard 
> by CT1END in Amadora, Portugal.
>
>APRS packets:
>2011-12-14 02:00:30 UTC: K6RPT-11>APBL10,WIDE2-1,qAR,CT1END,PORTUGAL:
>!3531.31N/01636.70WO077/129/A=110384V1B2   CNSP-11
>
> The balloon is still over the Atlantic, west of Portugal, 
> at a cruising altitude of about 109,000 to 110,000 feet
> moving about 140-150 miles per hour.
>
> The course of the balloon has turned it slightly to the 
> north of due east (now 77 degrees).
>
> The balloon continues to beacon at a rate of about once 
> every two minutes.

> Watch it live at:
> http://aprs.fi/?call=k6rpt11&mt=roadmap&z=4&timerange=172800&_s=ss_call

>Congrats to the team for getting this far!
>
>Douglas KA2UPW/5