[FoxHunt] cw id on 146.565

[Joe]

Hi Bob,

Been quite a while since our group did a Balloon flight.  We're up to 
flight 25 or so, (have to look in the records to be sure)  but we were 
one of the originals with Bill Brown,

It was always a LOT of fun.

Anyway we are interested in your transmitters,  for two reasons.

1--  We are in the planning stages of getting some flights going again.

2--  I'm thinking of using them for a RDF "Adventure Race" Similar to an 
"Orienteering" event but a LOT more extreme.  It would take very little 
more work to add some transmitters to several of the checkpoints, and 
have a RDF event run simultaneously with the regular Adventure Race.

Would be a blast!

You can learn more about my other event at,

http://www.wisconsinadventureracing.com

and a interesting race story from one years team is at,

http://www.wisconsinadventureracing.com/results-DZ2003.html


So I'd love to learn some more about your stuff.

Joe  WB9SBD
Near Space Sciences

and

Wisconsin Adventure Racing

R. Simmons wrote:

>Probably one of my MicroHunt transmitters.. I've sold several to people in
>the amateur balloon community, they have been heard as far as 400 miles from
>over 100K feet. Not bad for 50 mW.
>
>What was the call sign ?
>
>Bob S.
>
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>From: "Jason K" <j390fe at yahoo.com>
>To: <foxhunt at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 2:22 PM
>Subject: [FoxHunt] cw id on 146.565
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>>  Long time, no activity! :-)  Today while scanning
>>the band I came across a
>>cw id on 146.565. I grabbed my tape measure beam and
>>found the strongest
>>signal to the west of me (Creston, Iowa). It turns out
>>it was an id'er for a
>>weather balloon flying over Omaha. Over 100 miles west
>>of me!
>>
>>  In other news, I've got all the parts for my hidden
>>transmitter, I just need to get it put in a suitable
>>container, maybe one of my 50 caliber ammo cans.
>>Probably next spring I'll start hosting a hunt or two
>>every summer.
>>
>>Jason
>>KC0MFW
>>
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