[WIham] Fwd: Wisconsin HAB balloon launch Sat 4/18/2015

[Mark Thompson via WIham]

From:"kc9ony at arrl.net [WisconsinD-STAR]" <WisconsinD-STAR at yahoogroups.com>
Date:Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 6:46 AM
Subject:[WisconsinD-STAR] Wisconsin HAB balloon launch Sat 4/18/2015

  

Slightly off-topic, but for those interested in tracking in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin HAB is doing our second launch, which is participating as part of the Global Balloon Space Challenge.
See www.balloonchallenge.org for all the details. We are team Wisconsin HAB

If you are interested in following the launch, please see the details below:

Date: 4/18/2015 
Time: 8:00 AM CDT Setup, 9:00 AM CDT Launch


If you want to see it in person, EVERYONE is welcome to stop out and watch. 
It's at a park so there's lots of room. Join us!

Highland Village Park, located at 755 N Park St, Highland, WI 53543 (about 1 hour West of Madison, WI)

If you can't make it in-person, watch it LIVE on YouTube. 
That's right, we will be streaming LIVE on YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvs2jdcJdek

You can monitor our chase & tracking at FM38 (http://www.fm38.org/tiki-index.php). Additionally, we will be transmitting a voice beacon on 146.430 MHz and using Simplex @ 146.550 Mhz during the recovery effort.
For beacon signal reports, please e-mail: wisconsin.hab at gmail.com


If you are a visual person and want to follow the balloon via Google Maps, you can visit http://aprs.fi/… 
This will be using call sign N9UX-11

We will be updating Facebook and tweeting @WisconsinHAB (https://twitter.com/WisconsinHAB/) with hashtag ‪#‎GSBChallenge‬ (as will others doing launches on 4/18). 

PLEASE JOIN US! 				


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