[QCWA] Vienna Wireless Society plans a balloon launch for January 7

[Richard Rucker]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: jimrichey2 at juno.com
> Date: December 30, 2005 4:13:24 PM EST
>
> The Vienna Wireless Society will be undertaking its third balloon  
> launch
> on Saturday, January 7th, around 9am EST. The launch will take  
> place at
> a site to be determined, either in the vicinity of Staunton, VA, or
> Romney, WV, depending on weather conditions.
>
> The flight duration should be on the order of 3.5 hours.
>
> This flight will attempt to break the altitude record of 120,522  
> feet as
> posted on the W0RPK Amateur Radio Ballooning Records Page, available
> here: http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/ARHABrecords.htm.
>
> APRS telemetry and position data will be transmitted from the  
> balloon on
> 144.34 MHz. Even if you can't attend the launch, your help in  
> receiving
> telemetry would be greatly appreciated! Please send any received
> telemetry to telem at viennawireless.org.
>
> If you're interested in helping with the launch and recovery effort,
> please join the balloon mailing list as described at
> http://www.viennawireless.org/lists.php, and send an email introducing
> yourself.