On Mar 11, 8:12�pm, wrote:
On Mar 10, 7:35 pm, wrote:

An attempt to send a small, ham-radio equipped balloon across the
Atlantic:

http://www.spiritofknoxville.com/

Balloon design by NG0X if I read the info right. Telemetry on 30
meters.

Which brings up a question:

What are the regulations for such a transmitter? Over the USA is one
thing, FCC has rules for that, but above international waters and
other countries it's a different game, particularly since there's no
operator aboard. �The website says the transmitter will be turne
d off
over the UK.

When customs stops the craft at the border, they'll provide further
clarification...

N0iMD

Heh heh. The record was already broken last year for a solo Atlantic
crossing by a GPS-guided gas engine powered radio-control model (built
by an amateur - not a professional - aircraft builder). Radio control
for take off and climb out, then for landing in Ireland (? well,
somewhere in the British Isles)
The engine ran throughout the flight!

Heavier-than-air, of course, just hadn't been done by a hobbyist R-C
modeler before. Also, R-C has a license-free radio service both in
North America and most of Europe. No 'customs' in the usual sense and
everything was arranged beforehand at the landing site. Model
Airplane News (MAN) had the story. Now THAT took some doing by the
builder (a record-setter over land) and several fellow model aircraft
hobbyists.

73, Len AF6AY