[SBhams] ARBONET-2

[Ron]

 ARBONET-2 Fast Facts
                             www.arbonet.net

Special Note: The ARBONET-2 flight is being dedicated to the memory of long
time amateur radio high altitude balloon enthusiast Kim R. Miles, N9IS who
passed away on March 27th, 2007 at the age of 51. Kim was a prominent member
of the central Indiana Windtrax organization and had over 30 high altitude
balloon flight operations to his credit. 

Scheduled Launch Date: Saturday October 20th, 2007
Scheduled Launch Time: 9:30 AM CDT
Back-Up Weather Date: Saturday October 27th, 2007
Launch Site: Clarksville - Red River County Airport (33.5932 N 95.0635 W)
Flight Duration: Approximately 2 hours
Launch Net: K5FRC - 3.910 MHz (+/- 10 KHz for QRM) 
                     9:00 AM CDT until Recovery

Primary Payloads:

APRS: K5FRC-11 - 144.390 MHz
Homing and Data Beacon: K5FRC - 146.560 MHz
Crossband Repeater: K5FRC - 445.800 MHz UP - 147.560 MHz Down
10 Meter CW Beacon: K5RWK 28.061 MHz

Reception Reports and QSL Cards:

The ARBONET team requests reception reports from observers who receive
transmissions from any one of the various payloads aboard ARBONET-2. A
commemorative QSL card will be made available to those who submit such
reception reports. Reports may be submitted via the reception report page at
www.arbonet.net.

K5AI / Ron Porter