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> ARLS006 Transatlantic Amateur Radio Balloon Launch
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> ZCZC AS06
> QST de W1AW
> Space Bulletin 006 ARLS006
>> From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington, CT April 20, 2011
> To all radio amateurs
>
> SB SPACE ARL ARLS006
> ARLS006 Transatlantic Amateur Radio Balloon Launch
>
> The Project Blue Horizon 5 high-altitude transatlantic balloon is
> scheduled for launch, weather permitting, at 0400 UTC (midnight
> EDST) Friday, April 22, from Oswego, New York. The weather forecast
> for launch time calls for clear to partly cloudy conditions.
>
> The Project Blue Horizon team is attempting to break current Amateur
> Radio high-altitude balloon records for distance (3361.81 miles) and
> duration (49 hours, 45 minutes). The payload will be carried beneath
> a 54,000 cubic foot capacity helium-filled balloon cruising between
> 85,000 and 100,000 feet.
>
> Amateurs worldwide are encouraged to monitor the N2XE CW telemetry
> beacons at 7.1023 and 10.1466 MHz. The balloon is also equipped with
> an APRS beacon at 144.39 MHz using the call sign KC2ZJH. Amateurs
> can send reports via e-mail to <a href="mailto:PBH15.data@gmail.com" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">PBH15.data@gmail.com</a>.
>
> More information about the program, including the latest projected
> flight path, is at the Project Blue Horizon website at,
> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.projectbluehorizon.com/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://www.projectbluehorizon.com</a>. Launch and flight updates will
> also be available on Twitter at, <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/#!/PBH5" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://twitter.com/#!/PBH5</a> .
> NNNN
> /EX</tt></pre></blockquote></div>
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