[SMCARA] APRS Balloon

A.J. Farmer farmer.aj at gmail.com
Fri Dec 16 11:02:52 EST 2011


Nevermind, I see you already mentioned that!  Doh!

On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:01 AM, A.J. Farmer <farmer.aj at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow!!!!
>
> Hint - after going to the link Tom provided, change the "Show Last"
> box to something like "5 days" to see the whole track.
>
> Thanks for sharing, Tom!
>
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Clarke, Tom   AIR4.0P NATOPS
> <frederic.clarke at navy.mil> wrote:
>> A balloon was launched from California with an APRS beacon on board.  I
>> crossed the US and the Atlantic at about 109,000 feet and 150 MPH (jet
>> stream).  It crossed the Spanish coast close to NS Rota Spain, where I
>> was EA7BXP for a couple of years, and has plopped down in the Med near
>> Mallorca.
>>
>> Here is the track.  Select "show last 5 days" and see the track.
>>
>> http://aprs.fi/?call=a%2FK6RPT-11&_s=mb
>>
>>
>> Tom W4OKW
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