[GCARC] Balloon launch we could track on aprs.fi

[Jeff One]

Message forwarded for Marty Wilt W2ILT

 

D. Jeffrey Garth

621 Greenbriar Drive

Williamstown, NJ 08094-1149

73, WB2ZBN

Club Publications

www.w2mmd.org

 

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life" - Confucius

 

From: Martin Wilt [mailto:martin at wilt.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 12:42
To: Jeff One
Subject: Balloon launch we could track on aprs.fi

 

Copied from another club website, may be of interest to us 

 

 <https://www.qrz.com/db/AI4SR> Jim Schings AI4SR and the  <https://www.facebook.com/groups/113551072070333> Bluegrass Amateur Radio Society will be launching 1 or possibly 2 balloons for Eastern Kentucky University from their stadium early on Aug 31. Assuming decent weather conditions. they will also be launching 2 balloons Oct 6th or 7th (Prior to the start of the BARS Hamfest.) We will have a large screen monitor set up to track the balloons at the hamfest. (Again based upon weather conditions.) Track them on  <https://aprs.fi/> APRS.FI EKU Balloons are planned to be AI4SR-11 and APRS-13. The October balloons will be KA4USA-1 and AI4SR-2. They will probably be using a couple different types of balloons and one with Helium and one with Hydrogen. Just to compare longevity and altitudes, etc. More info as we get closer.