[NLRS] Balloon launch

[Andrew Flowers]

Hi folks,
My father, N0RHL/EN10, send me an e-mail regarding a balloon launch 
tomorrow morning at 8am CDT.  It will be carrying a dualband repeater: 
446.3 uplink / 144.340 downlink.  It will also have an APRS transmitter 
onboard.  They are looking to break the "balloon QSO distance record," 
which is currently 526mi.  The balloon will be launched from roughly 
halfway between Des Moines and Omaha.  Those of you with some high gain 
on these bands might be able to surprise someone!

You will be able to check the position of the balloon at findu.com on 
the day of the flight:
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?n9xtn-11

check out these URLs for more info:
  http://members.cox.net/mconner1/nstar.html
http://users.crosspaths.net/wallio/NSTAR%20Voice%20Repeater.html

I'll be listening from the top of the top balcony of my dorm with my 
arrow antenna.
73!
Andy K0SM