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<DIV>From WB8ELK – attempting a transatlantic balloon flight.</DIV>
<DIV>Might be a nice test for our Mercury.</DIV>
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<DIV><A title=http://whitestarballoon.com/
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<DIV>Jeff</DIV>
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<DIV>Tonight: </DIV>
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<DIV>Time: after 0000 UTC </DIV>
<DIV>Location: Spaceport Indiana (Columbus IN Bakalar Airport) 39.28
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<DIV>White Star WB8ELK HF transmitter: 7.102 MHz USB (tune the signal
around 1700 hz audio)....once a minute for the first part of the flight.</DIV>
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<DIV>Starts with CW altitude(meters), DominoEX16 (full telemetry), 110 baud
ASCII RTTY (full telemetry) followed by Hellscreiber altitude.<BR></DIV>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both">Decode with a special version of FLdigi called:
dl-FLdigi....do a Google search for "dl-FLdigi" and download the one from
GitHub you'll want version r115.</DIV>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both">When running dl-FLdigi HAB version, select WB8ELK2 in
the menu option and hit the Autoconfigure button....you can change the mode with
a button on the right.</DIV>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both">40 meters is open world-wide at night so give a listen
and you might hear it.</DIV>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both">The flight path will take it out over VA and out to
sea...about halfway across the Atlantic in 24 hours.</DIV>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both"> </DIV>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both">Streaming video via Ustream.....search for White Star
Balloon</DIV>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both">or go to the White Star website: <A
href="http://www.whitestarballoon.com">http://www.whitestarballoon.com</A>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both">- Bill WB8ELK</DIV>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both"> </DIV>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both">Note that on Saturday, another HF balloon will be
flying from near Jackson, MS on either 14.079 MHz USB or 14.104 MHz USB (audio
around 1500 hz) with the same CW, DominoEX16, RTTY and Hellscreiber format.
However the callsign for that flight will be KC5NXD. Launch around 9 am CST on
Saturday.</DIV>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both">The Pell City AL High School flight scheduled for noon
CST on Saturday may be scrubbed due to thunderstorms (rain date TBD)....it will
be on 14.105 MHz USB (1300 hz audio with the same format under the callsign:
WB8ELK).</DIV>
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