Author Topic: High altitude amateur/APRS balloon launch under way in California  (Read 213 times)

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Offline SLOweather

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http://aprs.fi/?call=K6RPT-14&mt=m&z=14&timerange=3600

Launched from San Luis Reservoir, currently westbound north of Capitola/Santa Cruz at 31 MPH/122,000 feet.

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Re: High altitude amateur/APRS balloon launch under way in California
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2010, 12:28:36 PM »
Cool.

Looks like it did a u-turn at Bonny Doon.  Now going east at 40mph, and only 13800 feet and dropping fast.

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Re: High altitude amateur/APRS balloon launch under way in California
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2010, 01:01:54 PM »
It must have landed, just east of The Forest Of Nisene Marks St Park. No change in position or elevation in several minutes, although it's still transmitting.

Actually, I was wrong about the launch point. I didn't go back far enough in time at aprs.fi. It looks like they launched from south of San Jose.

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Re: High altitude amateur/APRS balloon launch under way in California
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2010, 01:07:37 PM »
pretty cool tracker.

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