[CTSARA] June 2 Balloon Launch

[Jon Perelstein]

Apparently the Pine State ARC in Maine is launching a high altitude balloon
that they hope will be workable from all of New England.  This sounds like
a fun thing to try for those with a cross-band radio.  A satellite antenna
would be nice but is not a necessity.

Note that this is not the Discovery Science Center in Bridgeport -- they're
expecting to launch later in the summer.

73s
Jon
WB2RYV

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Date: Wed, May 23, 2012 at 8:22 PM
Subject: hamfest announcement
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Please forward.

 On 02JUN2012 at about 0830 EDT, The PSARC will be launching a high
altitude balloon from Hermon, Maine. One of the payloads will be a
crossband repeater using 147.570 MHz as the uplink and 446.100 MHz as the
downlink. Coverage for this VHF/UHF repeater should be more than 450 miles.
Stations as far away as western New York, Long Island, all of New England,
and Maritime Canada should be able to work it. Please join us and help us
set a distance record (for this repeater). We will be awarding a
certificate for the station furthest away from the balloon to make contact
through the repeater. You can see the latest information about the launch
at http://www.n1me.org/Hamfest.php and at
http://eece.maine.edu/umhab/which will be updated shortly before the
launch.

 Steve Jordan, KD1OM, president PSARC