[GreenKeys] OT: first balloon launch

[tony.podrasky]

Hey Gil & al;

I feel like a CAVEMAN!

I can't believe that a plain ol' ham did that, with
such sophistication and (fairly) inexpensive components.

And, although I've been around since the "moonwalk", and
seen pictures from Mars and Jupiter and Saturn, I'm more
fascinated with your picture of the edge of the Earth
than any of that stuff: I feel like I'm "a part of the
action" being in this group - than just a casual observer.

I hope all goes well with the 90,000 foot launch.

73 Gil;

W6ESE - TONY
NNNN
ZCZC


On 12/30/2013 01:03 AM, gil at baudot.net wrote:
> Hey folks:
>
> Well, we sent our first balloon up yesterday.  We almost didn't get it
> back, but we finally found it in a desert wash. It went up to over
> 55,000 feet.  Some pics at:
>
> https://surlee.com/forum/topic/balloons-in-space-nearly/
>
> Our next planned balloon launch (maybe thurs/fri/sat/sun) will hopefully
> reach over 90,000 feet.
>
> I failed miserably at RDF, and I don't know why -- any tutorials out there?
>
> thx, gil
>
>
> gil smith, AF7EZ
> greenkeys moderator
> gil at baudot.net <mailto:gil at baudot.net>
>
>
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