[MRCG] Parachute Mobile AM mil surplus radio jumps on Sat Oct 11 2014 over Byron CA in conduction with PACIFICON ARRL conference

[Tim]

The sound track on that video is perfect  Doppler included...!!

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Boeing377 via MRCG <mrcg at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> We are going to try again for Parachute Mobile HF AM contacts using a BC
> 611 aloft on Saturday October 11, 2014. I will exit at about 13,500 feet
> and deploy my chute within about 5 seconds to give maximum hang time for
> QSOs. This time a trailing wire antenna should give us a better transmitted
> signal compared to the stock telescoping whip used last year. More details
> will follow as Pacificon approaches.
>
> Did some practice jumps with radio gear last Sunday. Here is a video of my
> first landing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiiHs_OtGJA If you look
> closely at the 4 second mark you can see a chest pack with lots of gear,
> APRS, telemetry modems and xmtr, GPS, HTs, recorder etc. GPS showed a 30
> MPH final approach speed. Gear down, flaps full.
>
> See my flight track at aprs.fi
> http://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=11&call=a%2FAF6IM&timerange=3600&tail=3600
>
> Any ideas for antennas other than a trailing end fed long wire? It will
> need to be be jettisonable so I don't inadvertently drag it over any power
> lines if I have land off the DZ.
>
> It would be great if some AMers and mil radio folks would show up at the
> DZ http://www.bayareaskydiving.com/directions.php with gear that can work
> 3885 KHz AM. We will have our Parachute Mobile ham ground crew there and
> visiting hams (with or without gear) will be warmly welcomed.
>
> Some very special QSL cards will be issued for AM contacts.
>
> Please stay tuned.
>
> 73
> Mark
> AF6IM
> www.parachutemobile.com
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