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March 16th 05, 01:49 AM

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Michael Coslo wrote:

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From: Mike Coslo on Sun, Mar 13 2005 9:07 pm

Hello all,

This is sort of an update on the near space ballooning project I
was working on.

Despite what we plan on, we are some times steered in other
direction by events. A number of these events have occurred in the

club I am a

member of, and the balloon project has been temporarily slowed by

my

new position as Chairman of the Pennsylvania QSO party.

DON'T YOU KNOW THE RULEZ AS POSTED IN HERE?!?!?

Where are they posted?

They're not. Len's just being his usual self, not bothering
to be constrained by reality, logic or common sense, let alone
civil behavior.

Yup.

If you merely hint at doing something in here, you
MUST CARRY OUT THAT ACTION or be forever a target
of negative criticsm of "utter failure" and other
sweet things said by all those others!

If that's what you think, Len, where's your Extra?

Umm, I haven't exactly "not" carried it out yet. There is/was no
specific timetable.

It's only been a few months.

It is kind of an odd thing. Whereas the Balloon project is just put off
for a bit, the Party starts in some 7 months. The ballooning will wait.
Assuming I live long enough, there are years and years to do the project.

Henceforth, Mike Coslo will be forever labeled with
the title of FAILURE TO REACH THE EDGE OF SPACE BY
HAM RADIO!

By whom?

Oh, I assume Len will manage to bring it up pretty often....8^)

You may label me as whatever you like. The differences between my
near-space ballooning project, and your "extra out of the box" are
significant.

One big difference is that I still intend to do the project.

Here's a bunch mo

- The balloon project has been declared impossible by Len. Nobody
has declared it impossible for Len to get his Extra out of the box.

- The balloon project involves a lot more than passing a few written
and one code test.

- You have only spent a few months on the balloon project. Len made his
declaration more than 5 years ago. Also, an amateur radio license has
been available to him since childhood (no age limits even back then)
yet he hasn't even gotten a Tech.

- You did not say you were going to reach 100,000 feet, just that you
were going to try. Len said he was going for the Extra but hasn't even
tried yet.

I'm a little surprised that some folk have fixated on that 100 kilofoot
thing anyhow. That isn't the goal. It is the project integration and the
experiments that are the goal. Lest I be accused of "downgrading the
expectations", there are cases in which 100 kilofoot is exceeded by
several thousand feet. That particular part is governed by when the
balloon breaks.

- The balloon project is a group effort. Getting a license isn't.

Lots more differences.

Oh well, nothing more than I expected.

Gonna be in the QSO party?

- Mike KB3EIA -