[LeArc] Amateur Balloon launch near Kansas City, MO

[R. Patrick Ryan]

APRS DOS  full version allowed you to see the altitude graphically by
changing from the traditional map centered on the balloon, with just a
press of the Y key (for Y-Axis), and maybe a couple of page ups to get to
100K Ft. scale as the balloon ascends.

Don't know if the current versions still have that, have been running 
APRSX76.exe, the maximum station and analyzer version, but will check 
APRS876.exe next time a balloon goes up. Program is available from
www.tapr.org

Here is how typical raw packets from a recent near space balloon by the
Adler Planetarium group
W9RAO-11>APT311,WA9RES,N9UWE,WIDE2*,qAo,KB9QJM-10:/182731h4043.67N/08751.
56WO264/038/A=085194/Adler Far Horizons Balloon
W9RAO-11>APT311,WIDE2-1,qAo,KB9QJM-10:/182801h4043.69N/08751.92WO278/028/
A=085887/Adler Far Horizons Balloon
W9RAO-11>APT311,WIDE2-2,qAo,KB9QJM-10:/182901h4043.74N/08752.52WO275/032/
A=087205/Adler Far Horizons Balloon
W9RAO-11>APT311,WIDE2-2,qAo,KB9QJM-10:/182931h4043.74N/08752.84WO262/029/
A=087878/Adler Far Horizons Balloon
W9RAO-11>APT311,WIDE2-2,qAo,KB9QJM-10:/183001h4043.70N/08753.10WO247/017/
A=088547/Adler Far Horizons Balloon
W9RAO-11>APT311,K8BRC*,qAR,KC9GKA-1:/182831h4043.72N/08752.25WO276/030/A=
086546/Adler Far Horizons Balloon
W9RAO-11>APT311,WIDE2-2,qAo,KB9QJM-10:/183201h4043.61N/08754.36WO264/019/
A=081838/Adler Far Horizons Balloon
W9RAO-11>APT311,WIDE2-1,W9TAZ,qAS,W9TAZ:/183231h4043.66N/08754.54WO318/02
5/A=079056/Adler Far Horizons Balloon
W9RAO-11>APT311,WIDE2-2,qAo,KD8CAO-5:/183301h4043.73N/08754.75WO280/022/A
=076481/Adler Far Horizons Balloon

Note the A=088547 peak, then descent from that altitude.

Enjoy!

vy 73 de Pat KC6VVT

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:17:18 -0500 "Mark Garrett" <MA-Garrett at wiu.edu>
writes:
> Next club meeting Aug 14th 2007 at 7:00 PM
> 
> 
> Please join us Sunday Night for the
> Lamoine Emergency ARC Sunday Evening Net.
> Net time is 8:00 PM local time.
> 
> 
> Standard APRS software will give you the data fields but I will have 
> to
> check to see what would be appropriate for altitiude since most 
> APRS
> software is only going to give you a ground track.
> 
> Mark, KA9SZX 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:learc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Steve Hays
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 2:14 PM
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> Subject: [LeArc] Amateur Balloon launch near Kansas City, MO
> 
> Next club meeting Aug 14th 2007 at 7:00 PM
> 
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