[Launch Alert] High Altitude Balloon

Thu, 3 Apr 2003 19:40:09 -0800

		ASTRONOMY/SPACE ALERT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

				Brian Webb, KD6NRP
			  Ventura County, California
			 E-mail: [email protected]
		Web Site: http://home.earthlink.net/~kd6nrp

						 2003 April 3 (Thursday) 19:35 PST
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			  High Altitude Balloon Flight

Rex Mauldin, N7NGM has informed me that a high-altitude balloon flight
is tentatively scheduled for this weekend. Weather permitting, the
unmanned balloon will leave its launch site in Arizona and carry a
amateur (ham) radio package to the edge of space.

Rex requests that you listen for signals from the balloon. If you're
a licensed ham, you're invited to attempt to establish communications
using the cross-band repeater.

The radio frequencies planned for this flight are:

				CTCSS
	Freq.			Tone
	(MHz)			(Hz)		  Comments
	-------		-----		--------------
	145.560		162.2		Repeater input
	445.525		None		Repeater output
	445.950		None		Packet beacon

According to Rex, "...the furthest stations we have worked into CA
using the cross-band repeater from 103,000 feet is, N06P near Diamond
Bar CA. We are not sure if we are being heard well into the LA area or
not. Any signals reports would be appreciated."

Launch updates will be passed over the 220 MHz Condor linked repeater
system. For more information, go to the following web sites:

	http://www.ansr.org
	http://www.kd7lmo.net/~ansr