[Ccarc] baloon launch Saturday 10:30 AM in Texas

[Phil Snider]

HAM RADIO NEAR SPACE: ARBONET-2 LAUNCHES OCTOBER 20
A high altitude
ham radio balloon will be launched from the JD Trissell Airport in
Clarksville, Texas, at 9:30 AM central time Saturday October 20th.
Called ARBONET-2, the balloon is expected to reach an altitude of
96,000 feet before bursting. Its cargo, consisting of a 70 cm Up / 2
meter Down Cross band FM repeater, a plain language homing beacon that
will transmit navigation data to the ground on 146.560 MHz and an APRS
beacon operating on 144.390 MHz. Also being carried will be a 10 meter
CW beacon experiment produced by the Richardson Wireless Club that will
transmit a 500 milliwatt signal on 28.061 MHz. All of the experiments
are expected to parachute back to Earth somewhere between the launch
point and the Texas Louisiana state line. More about this and other
ARBONET near space flights is on-line at www.arbonet.net. (ARBONET.COM)

Phil Snider
 

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