[NLRS] ND Balloon Launch QTH.net has a feather in its craw! links part two

[Gerald]

On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 11:12 -0500, Ford Peterson wrote:
> 
> Andy wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > Many of those balloon flights reach 70,000 ft, sometimes even 100,000 
> > ft, so you should have no trouble getting a line-of-sight path to it.  
> <SNIP>
> > Andy K0SM/2
> 
> I have studied the wx balloon data provided by NOAA and conclude that the
> achievable 'height' is quite variable.  A wx balloon has a payload of a 
> few ounces.  True, they do get quite high from time-to-time.  But this 
> is very unpredictable.  
> <SNIP>
> 
> If I were a gambler, I would put my money on <30,000'.  
> 
> Ford-N0FP

> 

The Edge of Space group doesn't seem to mention altitude as a general
parameter but has lots of information at: http://www.eoss.org

NOAA could get a little sloppy with daily launches and with lowest bid
balloons.
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-- 
73, Jerry, K0CQ
Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer
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