[W5SFA] W5SFA Tuesday Night Net 9-6-22

[Buckeroo Brad]

I had planned to attend, then got a phone call from my engineer.  What
timing.  By the time I got back to it at 7:20 all was quiet.

When I was younger (45 years ago) , some friends and I participated in
launching large balloons and kites.  One thing we realized is that they
need to be a dark color.  White disappears within a few hundred feet.  We
watched one balloon get sucked into a storm front, then get spit out higher
up and disappear into the higher atmosphere.  The Balloon was gray. Could
not have seen a white one.  We filled our balloons with super hot air and
they rose like a rocket.  I have no photos of the balloons. Once a police
car drove by and asked what we were doing. We said we were experimenting
with radio controlled balloons.  They laughed and drove away.

The Kites were easier to find because I could follow the line up to it with
my high power lens. We started putting nav lights on them, because we
couldn't see them if it got dark before we could get them down. The two
people with the kite were friends that started building these huge kites.
Nobody ever came to see what we were doing, though I know we were way up in
the flight path.

On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 7:40 PM Gary <kf5zrt at protonmail.com> wrote:

>
> Thanks to all that joined in tonight.  We had 10 checkins.  Three of them
> were courtesy checkin due to the XLX979 not connected to the repeater in
> Bellville.  Just as we all signed off the W5SFA repeater showed connect to
> the dashboard.  Roger did a remote reboot of the Raspberry Pi hotspot and
> all is well again.  Thanks Roger.
> Ray WA5IWB gave an update on the Balloon Launch Saturday 9-3-22.  Lift off
> went off well but our package failed to transmit any signals.  Better luck
> next time.  I want to thank Ray Meech, Roger Klein, Joe and Bev Cucuzza,
> Dan White, David Gilpin and Gil Franke for all the support for the project.
>
> Safe Travel to Roger and Pam
> Wishing all a safe and prosperous week
> 73
> Gary
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