[K3PZN-List] Tell us more about the balloon launch > PK

[Pat Kilroy]

Well, first, ...

On Saturday morning, September 24, our K3PZN repeater on
145.410 MHz FM came alive with chatter about the balloon
recovery effort!  Didja know that?  Some members do!

Launched just west of Hagerstown, Md. the ham radio
balloon flew over the southwest corner of Carroll County
and the chase was on -- along eastbound I-70.  To see a
sketch of my story on the effort you may enjoy it at
http://patkilroy.com/bpp/ with lots of photos to boot.

I am working with university-level students, teaching
engineering principles using ham radio balloons (what
a concept!) under the Maryland space grant (MDSGC).

We hope to launch another one within a month.  If you'd
like to participate or just follow along then watch for
news as the weeks tick closer to the Thanksgiving time
frame.

Cheers,

Pat
N8PK


At Monday 10/17/2005 04:00 AM, k3pzn-list-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
>K3PZN-List Digest, Vol 21, Issue 9
>From: "WILLIAM NEERIEMER" <bneeriemer at verizon.net>
>Subject: [K3PZN-List] Tell us more about the balloon launch
>Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 18:21:52 -0400
>To: <k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net>
>Message: 1
>
>Pat Kilroy-
>
>At the meeting, you mentioned an upcoming balloon launch.  Can you 
>elaborate about it?
>
>When Where Contact & etc.
>
>Thanks
>-Bill W3STG


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Patrick L. Kilroy                                             WK
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center    301-286-1673 Fax
Building 5, Mail Code 568           Patrick.L.Kilroy at nasa.gov
Greenbelt, Maryland  20771          http://patkilroy.com/simsat/
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