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<div>Greetings,<br></div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">Last year I got involved with this balloon bunch by working their repeater from +70 miles from my driveway, a hand held a V & U beam on a 10' pipe. The signal was full quieting. I later heard the a tape which was fun.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">They will have two APRS trackers on board, no reason in the world you won't be able to and track it and work it when it gets above 50K AMSl. <br></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">John Parmalee</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">281-380-3811<br></span></div>
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<blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left: blue 2px solid;"><hr><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">From: w5acm@swbell.net<br>Reply-to: BLT@groups.io<br>To: BLT@groups.io, STXBLT@yahoogroups.com<br>Sent: 7/30/2018 12:52:03 AM Central Standard Time<br>Subject: [BLT] BLT-50 Web Page Updates are Available!<br><br></span></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 36.0pt; color: red;">Are You Ready for BLT-50?</span></em></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On December 8, 1990, we flew The South Texas Balloon Launch Team’s BLT-1.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18pt; background-color: #ffff00;"><strong>We plan to fly BLT-50. 10 AM on Saturday, August 25th! </strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A lot has changed from a technology perspective over the last 28 years. Our current payload list for BLT-50 includes:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Model 8245-H Hwoyee 1600-gram weather balloon</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Helium donated by PRAXAIR</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">Sain Sonic AP510 APRS Trackers - 144.390Mhz - W5ACM-12 and KG5FQX-11 (track via aprs.fi)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #000000;">KE5GDB Multi-Input - Multi-Output VHF/UHF FM Repeater system</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">K5WH DMR Repeater on 446.5 MHz Up / 441.000 Down</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(Color Code 1, Timeslot 1, Talkgroup 99 - Standard DMR Simplex settings)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">Cross-band FM Repeater on 446.000 Up / 147.435 Down</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Live DVB-T Digital ATV on 434 MHz</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">360-degree Down-looking Video camera</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wide-Angle Balloon Burst Video Camera</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Horizon-Looking GoPro</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We expect updates and more information as the launch day draws closer. Look for them at <a href="http://www.w5acm.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.w5acm.net</a>. We are also on Facebook as <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SouthTexasBLT/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.facebook.com/SouthTexasBLT/</a> and Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/SouthTexasBLT" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/SouthTexasBLT</a>. We also have a remailer via <a href="https://groups.io/g/BLT/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://groups.io/g/BLT/</a>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Our next dinner meeting is set for 5:30 PM on Wednesday, August 8, Buffalo Wild Wings at 9435 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX 77024. The next construction meeting will be 8 PM on Thursday, August 16, 310 Lombardy, Sugar Land, TX 77478. After that, we will be doing any last-minute fixes and getting ready for launch from the Wharton Intergalactic Spaceport (Wharton Regional Airport) at 10 AM on Saturday, August 25th!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Will YOU be there?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Don’t Miss It!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; color: #548235;">To The Edge Of Space!</span></em></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; color: #984807;">Andy W5ACM</span></strong></p>
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<p class="msonos"><span style="font-size: 30.0pt; font-family: 'Britannic Bold',sans-serif; color: #c55a11;">STXBLT – Celebrating 27+ Years at the Edge of Space!</span></p>
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<div><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:Jparmalee@aol.com">Jparmalee@aol.com</a></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">281-380-3811<br></span></div>
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