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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 |
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