[W5SFA] Balloon Launch Update

[Gilbert Franke]

Roger, and the crew, congratulations on a job well done.  I'm glad you
slipped under Biden's radar!!  I missed your launch, but now  I have turned
on my WSPR receiver.  I haven't seen your station on my monitor.  But I'll
leave it on today and tomorrow.  Maybe catch the launch in the morning.

-- Gil

On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 12:10 PM Nathalie HUTIN <nathalie at hutin.org> wrote:

> Impressive !
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> *De :* w5sfa <w5sfa-bounces at w5sfa.org> *De la part de* Roger Klein
> *Envoyé :* vendredi 10 février 2023 16:10
> *À :* Stephen F. Austin Radio Club <w5sfa at w5sfa.org>
> *Objet :* [W5SFA] Balloon Launch Update
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> Folks,
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> Yesterday afternoon around 3:00 pm conditions were good (almost no wind,
> no clouds) so I launched my U4B package weighing 25.5 grams.  The balloon
> reported for 70 minutes, almost reaching Hempstead at an altitude over
> 10,000 feet.  The balloon then went quiet.
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> However, this morning it reported in at 8:10 am  from grid square FM29, up
> in New Jersey.  It is currently in grid square FM39gc (off the coast of New
> Jersey), altitude 23,600 feet and speed of 100 mph.  Ironically, it passed
> very close to Lakehurst, NJ - site of the 1937 Hindenburg disaster.
> Hopefully that's not an omen.
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> You can track the balloon's progress at the QRP Labs web site:
> http://qrp-labs.com/tracking.html    Look about halfway down the page for
> N5RWK-Stat and click the link, it will take you to a map and telemetry page.
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> This has been a collaborative effort between Ray WA5IWB, Gary KF5ZRT, Joe
> KA8WEP, Dan W5AOV and others, and it seems we have finally licked most of
> the technical problems.  One of the problems we had was overfilling the
> balloons - at altitude the pressure differential caused the balloon to
> fail.  This balloon only had 5 grams of lift, using less hydrogen.
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> We are still planning to launch one or two balloons tomorrow at 8 am,
> conditions permitting.  I will send an update later today.
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> 73,
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> Roger
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