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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Such a balloon, Such weather. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I enjoyed tracking on APRS.fi. Some balloons delight with a long and boring flight’. others delight a short but spectacular flight. My congratulations to those that built WA5IWB-11<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>John K5VGM now living in Tehachapi , Ca. A hundred or so miles north of LA in the mountains just on the edge of the Mohave desert.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> w5sfa <w5sfa-bounces@w5sfa.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>F6CNB/N5CNB via w5sfa<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 11, 2025 10:24 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Mail List for the W5SFA Radio Club' <w5sfa@w5sfa.org><br><b>Cc:</b> F6CNB/N5CNB <f6cnb@hutin.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [W5SFA] wa5iwb balloon<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt'>Howdy,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Bad news, the balloon stopped transmitting yesterday afternoon in the Pacific ocean WNW of Acapulco.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>It happened when the balloon met tropical storm Raymond.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>73 de Remi N5CNB/F6CNB<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>