[K3PZN-List] Fw: [QRP-L] Need your help to copy a transatlantic balloon!

[Curt Milton]

Payload enthusiasts - here is another opportunity I just found out about - seems like it has a little more lift duration and range than our cricketsat ... I will  try to find it this evening.  Suggestion - if it sends too fast try to copy what you can along with the current time.  

Maybe someone can google research this object ... although we can gather someone has lofted a GPS device with a 40m transmitter!  It would be real cool if this thing actually lands in Europe someplace (but I am not holding my breath on this).  

PS - inspired by the EZ-hang seller - and even more by member Pete (aka David, king and giant slayer), I added a reel to my hyper-dog - and on shot #2 lofted some #10 fishing line high into a walnut tree (shared with my neighbor).  this was followed by some orange light duty rope (only thing I bought from the EZ-hang seller) -- it worked !  but i confess to using a lot of time to get the fishing line back up the tree thru numerous dead and living branches .... I am a mere novice with one successful shot - so I still suggest recruiting Pete for FD !  

73 Curt

Also PS - Iraq (YI9PSE is on the air).  I suspect Pete will slay this 'giant' today while I am at work.  Yesterday the 40m pile-up spread was greatly reduced - but still I sense a steady stream of kW's attached to 2 element beams working him.  


 


----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Martin Gillen <va3sie at gmail.com>
To: QRP-L <qrp-l at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Mon, April 5, 2010 9:32:17 AM
Subject: [QRP-L] Need your help to copy a transatlantic QRP balloon!

Hi, Folks.

Every 10 minutes at :00, :10, :20, :30, :40, :50 past the hour there
is a morse code broadcast from a transatlantic balloon which is now
out in the Atlantic.

Frequency: 7.1028MHz
Mode: CW (radio in CW mode).

The format of the broadcast is here:

http://www.projectbluehorizon.com/index.php?a=decode

Example:

K2RAM V N 38026 w 66112 126 17

Then enter the data here:

http://www.projectbluehorizon.com/index.php?a=contribute

The above sample message decodes to:

Latitude (-90 to 90 degrees):    38.026
Longitude (-180 to 180 degrees):    -66.112
Altitude (0 to 150000 ft no commas):    12600
Vehicle Id (0 to 2):    0
Time (format - YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss):     2010-04-05 13:10:00
Comments: (optional): K2RAM V N 38026 w 66112 126 17

Many thanks if you can help!

Location shown on this map:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=105638745832064046057.0004837ccd035a9d69b47&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=43.771094,-66.357422&spn=16.967062,36.123047&z=5

Status updates on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/PBH3

Thanks!
Martin.
VA3SIE
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