On Dec 1, 10:08 pm, Steve wrote:
On Dec 1, 9:50 pm, Billy Burpelson wrote:

Steve wrote:
Anyone else following this?

Yup. Copying on RTTY and CW. 0200Z sigs were around 459; 0230 sigs
dropped to around 339. Also QSB and some precipitation static from the
rain/sleet/snow we are getting (a dark and stormy night!) Copied
Sequence 966 and 979. Looks like they are losing quite a bit of
altitude...down to around 607 meters. Hope they can dump more ballast
before they start scraping the wave tops.

It's still transmitting and audible here as of 0305 utc, though it's
very weak. I fear the end is near.

Steve

I didn't hear it a 0315. Did anyone else?

Steve

On Dec 1, 10:19 pm, Steve wrote:
On Dec 1, 10:08 pm, Steve wrote:





On Dec 1, 9:50 pm, Billy Burpelson wrote:

Steve wrote:
Anyone else following this?

Yup. Copying on RTTY and CW. 0200Z sigs were around 459; 0230 sigs
dropped to around 339. Also QSB and some precipitation static from the
rain/sleet/snow we are getting (a dark and stormy night!) Copied
Sequence 966 and 979. Looks like they are losing quite a bit of
altitude...down to around 607 meters. Hope they can dump more ballast
before they start scraping the wave tops.

It's still transmitting and audible here as of 0305 utc, though it's
very weak. I fear the end is near.

Steve

I didn't hear it a 0315. Did anyone else?

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Now on the "news" portion of the site:

04:00 UTC: Flight is probably over. Reports indicate that HF
transmissions from the ocean surface were confused and irregular,
suggesting that the payload was in salt water. Nothing further heard
since.