<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div><span></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535202369817_3513" style="display: block;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535202369817_3512" style="font-family: bookman old style, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535202369817_3511" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535202369817_3510" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535202369817_3514" face="Arial" size="2"> <br>----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Roger W Klein <rwklein@katyweb.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Mail List for the W5SFA Radio Club <w5sfa@w5sfa.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 24, 2018 8:53 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [W5SFA] Fwd: Balloon lanch tomorrow morning<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535202369817_3517"><br><div id="yiv4738594085"><style> _filtered #yiv4738594085 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}</style><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535202369817_3516" face="Calibri"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535202369817_3518" dir="ltr">All, check out this event tomorrow (Saturday)!</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535202369817_3515" dir="ltr">Roger N5RWK</div>
<br><br>-------- Original Message --------<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535202369817_3533">Subject:</b> Fwd: Balloon lanch tomorrow morning<br> <b>From:</b> jparmalee@aol.com<br> <b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 24, 2018, 8:02 PM<br> <b>To:</b> rwklein@katyweb.net<br> <b>CC:</b> <br><br><br></font><div>
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<div><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">Roger, I can't seem to get this through the reflector, can you pass this around, I sure would like to hear you guys check in. Last year I worked it with a Wouxun and a beam on the cross band.<br></span></div>
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<div class="yiv4738594085MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><strong><em><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">There is an opportunity for almost every one to participate some one in this event. Track it with APRS, watch live TV of it at a link, Talk on one of the two repeaters and then the link, face book and the other pages will have replays. Here is a collection of comments from various folks. </span></em></strong></span></div>
<div class="yiv4738594085MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:36.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';color:red;">Are You Ready for BLT-50</span></em></strong></div>
<div class="yiv4738594085MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;"><strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';color:black;background:yellow;">We plan to fly BLT-50. 10 AM on Tomorrow, August 25th!</span></strong></div>
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<div class="yiv4738594085MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">=</span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:black;"><span style="">è </span></span><span style="color:black;">Please use and share this link to watch the <span style="background:yellow;">LIVE BLT video, for preparation, launch, and reception.</span> </span></div>
<div class="yiv4738594085MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">I will be LIVE Streaming the event shortly after I arrive on site. 8am ish </span></div>
<div class="yiv4738594085MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/blt-balloon-launch-team-stx" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.ustream.tv/channel/blt-balloon-launch-team-stx</a><span style="color:black;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv4738594085MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">In addition to the LIVE video feed, the captures will be stored at this link for later playback as well.</span></div>
<div class="yiv4738594085MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';color:black;">“</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', 'sans-serif';color:black;background:white;">My current predictions have pretty much due west, landing between 39-51 miles, depending on burst altitude & ascent rate.”</span></div>
<div class="yiv4738594085MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';color:black;">Our current payload list for BLT-50 include </span></div>
<div class="yiv4738594085MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';color:black;">Model 8245-H Hwoyee 1600-gram weather balloon Helium donated by PRAXAIR</span></div>
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<div class="yiv4738594085MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';color:black;">=</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black;"><span style="">è</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';color:black;background:yellow;">Sain Sonic AP510 APRS Trackers - 144.390Mhz - W5ACM-12 and KG5FQX-11 <span style=""> </span>(track via <a href="http://aprs.fi/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">aprs.fi</a>)</span></div>
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<div class="yiv4738594085MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';color:black;"><span style=""> </span>(Color Code 1, Timeslot 1, Talkgroup 99 - Standard DMR Simplex settings)</span></div>
<div class="yiv4738594085MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';color:black;">Live DVB-T Digital ATV on 434 MHz</span></div>
<div class="yiv4738594085MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';color:black;">360-degree Down-looking Video camera Wide-Angle Balloon Burst Video CameraHorizon-Looking GoProWe expect updates and more information as the launch day draws closer. Look for them </span></div>
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<div class="yiv4738594085MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';color:black;">at </span><a href="http://www.w5acm.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.w5acm.net</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';color:black;">. We are also on Facebook as </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SouthTexasBLT/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/SouthTexasBLT/</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';color:black;"> and Twitter at </span><a href="https://twitter.com/SouthTexasBLT" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/SouthTexasBLT</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';color:black;">. We also have a remailer via </span><a href="https://groups.io/g/BLT/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://groups.io/g/BLT/</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';color:black;">.</span></div>
<div class="yiv4738594085MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';color:#548235;">To The Edge Of Space!</span></em></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';color:#c55a11;"> </span></strong><span style="font-size:30.0pt;font-family:'Britannic Bold', 'sans-serif';color:#c55a11;"> Celebrating 27+ Years at the Edge of Space!</span></div>
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