[FARC] APRS Balloon Launch

[Erik Russell]

The path was interesting to watch and it was fairly
close to the flight plan submitted to the FAA.  For
anyone interested in seeing the path of the balloon
(with data points for speed and altitude) you can see
it at
http://aprs.he.fi/?call=N8PK-11&mt=m&z=11&timerange=86400

The web site is similar to www.findu.com but unlike
findu.com it provides a realtime-like capability and
performs an auto refresh to show new data points with
out user intervention.  The web site also connects the
dots for you and shows the track from start to end
over a maximum of 24 hours.  So, if you wish to watch
the any APRS activity in the area or track a specific
station you can see the path it took verses a point in
time.  With the recent upgrades to the site, you no
longer are required to perform metric to imperial unit
calculations in your head.

However, due to the 24 hour limitation, anyone wishing
to view the path of the balloon should do so before
0800 ET Thursday July 26th.

Enjoy...
Erik - K8ESR

--- "Joseph M. Durnal" <joseph.durnal at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On WED 25 July will be an APRS balloon launch from
> the DELMARVA
> peninsula near Salisbury Maryland.  East coast
> launches are
> rare.
> 
> AMSAT volunteers will operate an HF net also on 3860
> KHz during
> the launches.  Local coordination will be on the
> 146.82 repeater
> (PL 156).
> 
> More information at the following web site:
> http://www.patkilroy.com/simsat/
> 
> Track it on the Internet
> Balloon position (should be there on Wednesday)
> http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=N8PK-11
> 
> Chase Vehicles
> http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=WB4APR-9
> http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=N8PK-9
> 
> 73 de Joe NE3R
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