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.

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.

Saw this on the "News" section of their website:

02:44 UTC: Balloon is probably in the water. There is a possibility
that the balloon may continue to transmit from the surface. Anyone who
can copy the CW at 10.123+/-, please post it to our webpage at www.utarc.org!

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.

What's your QTH? Here in No. MN, 30M is dead after about 2300 UTC
these days; WWV 10Mhz is unreadable until about 1300 UTC. I could
only catch a little from the balloon at 2205 UTC before QSB sent
the signal into the mud and I never heard it again. I hope conditions
improve for me in the morning ;-)

Michael

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

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.