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December 1st 07, 09:55 PM
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Spirit of Knoxville transatlantic balloon flight
Anyone else following this?
http://www.spiritofknoxville.com/launch.html I caught the balloon's position report in CW earlier this afternoon on 10125 lsb. |
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December 1st 07, 09:57 PM
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Spirit of Knoxville transatlantic balloon flight
On Dec 1, 4:55 pm, Steve wrote:
Anyone else following this? http://www.spiritofknoxville.com/launch.html I caught the balloon's position report in CW earlier this afternoon on 10125 lsb. Transmission schedule is as follows: VHF APRS: position and every 21 seconds, telemetry every 63 seconds HF RTTY Daytime: position and telemetry on the following minutes past the hour: 0 10 20 30 40 50 HF CW Daytime: position on the following minutes past the hour: 5 15 35 45 HF RTTY Nighttime(between 2300 through 0500 in balloon's local time zone): position and telemetry on the following minutes past the hour: 0 30 HF CW Nighttime (between 2300 through 0500 in balloon's local time zone): position on the following minutes past the hour: 15 45 |
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December 1st 07, 10:05 PM
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Spirit of Knoxville transatlantic balloon flight
On Dec 1, 4:57 pm, Steve wrote:
On Dec 1, 4:55 pm, Steve wrote: Anyone else following this? http://www.spiritofknoxville.com/launch.html I caught the balloon's position report in CW earlier this afternoon on 10125 lsb. Transmission schedule is as follows: VHF APRS: position and every 21 seconds, telemetry every 63 seconds HF RTTY Daytime: position and telemetry on the following minutes past the hour: 0 10 20 30 40 50 HF CW Daytime: position on the following minutes past the hour: 5 15 35 45 HF RTTY Nighttime(between 2300 through 0500 in balloon's local time zone): position and telemetry on the following minutes past the hour: 0 30 HF CW Nighttime (between 2300 through 0500 in balloon's local time zone): position on the following minutes past the hour: 15 45 Just heard it again here in Brooklyn, NY at 5:05EST. Steve |
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December 1st 07, 10:08 PM
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Spirit of Knoxville transatlantic balloon flight
Steve wrote: Anyone else following this? http://www.spiritofknoxville.com/launch.html I caught the balloon's position report in CW earlier this afternoon on 10125 lsb. Caught them at 2205 on 10125. Interesting. dxAce Michigan USA |
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December 1st 07, 10:32 PM
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Spirit of Knoxville transatlantic balloon flight
Steve wrote: On Dec 1, 4:55 pm, Steve wrote: Anyone else following this? http://www.spiritofknoxville.com/launch.html I caught the balloon's position report in CW earlier this afternoon on 10125 lsb. Transmission schedule is as follows: VHF APRS: position and every 21 seconds, telemetry every 63 seconds HF RTTY Daytime: position and telemetry on the following minutes past the hour: 0 10 20 30 40 50 HF CW Daytime: position on the following minutes past the hour: 5 15 35 45 HF RTTY Nighttime(between 2300 through 0500 in balloon's local time zone): position and telemetry on the following minutes past the hour: 0 30 HF CW Nighttime (between 2300 through 0500 in balloon's local time zone): position on the following minutes past the hour: 15 45 I see that the call is listed to the UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB. dxAce Michigan USA |
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December 1st 07, 11:10 PM
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Spirit of Knoxville transatlantic balloon flight
dxAce wrote:
Steve wrote: Anyone else following this? http://www.spiritofknoxville.com/launch.html I caught the balloon's position report in CW earlier this afternoon on 10125 lsb. Caught them at 2205 on 10125. Interesting. Now barely copying (seems about 10wpm, down in the mud), here in No. MN. at 17:05 CST. Michael |
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December 1st 07, 11:31 PM
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Spirit of Knoxville transatlantic balloon flight
msg wrote: msg wrote: dxAce wrote: Steve wrote: Anyone else following this? http://www.spiritofknoxville.com/launch.html This site seems to have problems; the 'status' page does not have any data and the other pages have little useful information and don't display well on NS 7.2 or in limited color resolutions. Please see http://www.utarc.org/wiki/index.php/Icarus_X instead. I caught the balloon's position report in CW earlier this afternoon on 10125 lsb. Caught them at 2205 on 10125. Interesting. Now barely copying (seems about 10wpm, down in the mud), here in No. MN. at 17:05 CST. As per data on the above 'wiki', the payload transmits CW at five-past the hour amongst other times (which I did not know when I heard the signal). Been quiet here since 17:05 CST Heard here at 2315 UTC. dxAce Michigan USA |
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December 1st 07, 11:31 PM
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Spirit of Knoxville transatlantic balloon flight
msg wrote:
dxAce wrote: Steve wrote: Anyone else following this? http://www.spiritofknoxville.com/launch.html This site seems to have problems; the 'status' page does not have any data and the other pages have little useful information and don't display well on NS 7.2 or in limited color resolutions. Please see http://www.utarc.org/wiki/index.php/Icarus_X instead. I caught the balloon's position report in CW earlier this afternoon on 10125 lsb. Caught them at 2205 on 10125. Interesting. Now barely copying (seems about 10wpm, down in the mud), here in No. MN. at 17:05 CST. As per data on the above 'wiki', the payload transmits CW at five-past the hour amongst other times (which I did not know when I heard the signal). Been quiet here since 17:05 CST Regards, Michael |
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December 1st 07, 11:43 PM
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Spirit of Knoxville transatlantic balloon flight
On Dec 1, 6:31 pm, dxAce wrote:
msg wrote: msg wrote: dxAce wrote: Steve wrote: Anyone else following this? http://www.spiritofknoxville.com/launch.html This site seems to have problems; the 'status' page does not have any data and the other pages have little useful information and don't display well on NS 7.2 or in limited color resolutions. Please seehttp://www.utarc.org/wiki/index.php/Icarus_X instead. I caught the balloon's position report in CW earlier this afternoon on 10125 lsb. Caught them at 2205 on 10125. Interesting. Now barely copying (seems about 10wpm, down in the mud), here in No. MN. at 17:05 CST. As per data on the above 'wiki', the payload transmits CW at five-past the hour amongst other times (which I did not know when I heard the signal). Been quiet here since 17:05 CST Heard here at 2315 UTC. dxAce Michigan USA- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I heard them at 2335 (actually, it was at 2337 utc, assuming my computer is keeping the correct time). Steve |
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December 1st 07, 11:50 PM
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Spirit of Knoxville transatlantic balloon flight
Steve wrote: On Dec 1, 6:31 pm, dxAce wrote: msg wrote: msg wrote: dxAce wrote: Steve wrote: Anyone else following this? http://www.spiritofknoxville.com/launch.html This site seems to have problems; the 'status' page does not have any data and the other pages have little useful information and don't display well on NS 7.2 or in limited color resolutions. Please seehttp://www.utarc.org/wiki/index.php/Icarus_X instead. I caught the balloon's position report in CW earlier this afternoon on 10125 lsb. Caught them at 2205 on 10125. Interesting. Now barely copying (seems about 10wpm, down in the mud), here in No. MN. at 17:05 CST. As per data on the above 'wiki', the payload transmits CW at five-past the hour amongst other times (which I did not know when I heard the signal). Been quiet here since 17:05 CST Heard here at 2315 UTC. dxAce Michigan USA- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I heard them at 2335 (actually, it was at 2337 utc, assuming my computer is keeping the correct time). Heard here as well at 2335... but copy is not so hot. Had to review my tape several times to send lat, lon, and alt in another report. dxAce Michigan USA |
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