[MOham] Fw: [Central_States_Hams] [Larry's List] News Items

[Ray Brown]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Staples" <lstaples at kc.rr.com>
> 
> On June 20, 2007, The Civil Air Patrol and CAPNSPACE will conduct a  
> high altitude balloon launch and 2-meter repeater test. The launch  
> will occur at 0830 CDT (1330 UTC) in or near the Liberty, Missouri  
> area depending on prevailing winds. The flight area should extent to  
> the Columbia, Missouri area, and the communications test area will  
> cover Missouri and some of each of the states bordering Missouri. The  
> test should last for three to four hours following the launch.
> 
> The purpose of the test is to determine the feasibility of launching  
> and using a high-altitude ham radio repeater for wide-area coverage  
> in the event of a disaster or civil emergency in which wide area  
> communications would be necessary. Agencies such as the U. S. Air  
> Force, DHS, USCG, FEMA and others are interested in the results of  
> the test.
> 
> The participation of hams in the Midwest is needed. To participate,  
> hams will simply listen for the airborne repeater and attempt to make  
> contacts. The repeater will identify as W0NSV and will operate on  
> 147.55 simplex with a PL tone of 100.0. Once a contact is made, the  
> ham should report the contact on the mission web site at http:// 
> kcnorthares.org/arhab/ <http://kcnorthares.org/arhab/>. A link to the  
> web site is also available on the http://kcnorthares.org <http:// 
> kcnorthares.org/> web site. Multiple contacts per ham are fine. We  
> simply want to know the range and duration of the repeater's use.  
> Ham's contact information will help in determining the effective  
> range and time the repeater is useful.
> 
> Registration on the web site (call sign and password) will be  
> necessary to participate. Registration can be made the day of the  
> event although registering before the day of the event will save time  
> and will let us know at least some of our coverage prior to launch.  
> The website mentioned above will be available from now through the  
> launch date to provide updated information related to the event.  
> Please check the web site often for mission updates.
> 
> Thank you for your help and support of this effort.
> 
> Michael Johnson (N0VX)
> 
> KC Northland ARES
> 
> n0vx at arrl.net <mailto:michaeljohnson at kcstar.com>