Launched on January 10th 2021 the Balloon took a slightly more Southerly course bypassing Europe. Some of the new countries it flew over were Northern Mexico, Spain, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Beijing China. The Balloon orbited the Earth two and one half times. Tracking of the Balloon with its APRS/WSPR transmitter were very consistent, as long as it was in sun light that kept the solar panels charging the Capacitors which kept it pinging its position.
February 8th was the last transmission received before sunset as it was traveling over Kabul Afghanistan. Altitude data and speed were nominal what failure occurred during the night is unknown. The Balloon did not report in the following day.
Thank You David Voit WB6TOU and Congratulations on reaching the goal of completing multiple orbits, and improvements in tracking. This is not the end a WB6TOU-14 is in the future.
A few seats available contact Sam if interested
Greetings XCA ARES, I have started a new Ham Elmer class here in West Point. The class is full, but I have 4 or 6 openings for my antenna build class. I will go over how to calculate antenna length, antenna height and types of antennas. We will also do a build on a Open Stub J-Pole and an roll up Ladder line emergency antenna. if you are interested in the antenna build please let me know, so I can reserve a seat. The cost for the OSJ antenna is $40 and the emergency roll-up is $10, the cost covers the materials needed. Sam – WS6P ARES Emergency Coordinator – Calaveras County RACES Radio Officer – Calaveras County Hm: (209) 293-4010 1st Net Cell: (209) 418-9207 W6WPT Repeater 440.100 + T100 WIRES-X node 33432
Sandra’s service will be at 11:00 am on Friday February 12th click on the Link then scroll down to Join Livestream and click to join
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/brentwood-ca/sandra-benthusen-10028742
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Yesterday February 1st the balloon was heading directly for the Northern California coastline to finish its second orbit around the Earth. Over the evening it most likely passed over its launching point two orbits ago from Lodi California. This Tuesday morning we find the Balloon initiating its third orbit, a noon day static map shows its position near Nebraska. All telemetry maintains in a normal range, no doubt over night the high altitude balloon was pushed along by a brisk jet stream. May you pass by this way again our adventurous traveler!
Warming Stations will be open from Noon to 8 pm today in three locations;
West Point at Lions Community Hall 22283 Highway 26
Mountain Ranch Community Center 7867 Whiskey Slide Road
Murphys Fire Station at 58 Jones St.
Calaveras Transit Dial-a-Ride will assist with service to locations
Zoom
Please plan to attend Wednesday’s January 27 Zoom presentation. 10:00 PM AST / 9:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM CST / 7:00 PM MST / 6:00 PM PST / 5:00 PM AKST / 4:00 PM HST Topic: Pandemic Ham Club Radio Activities, an opportunity to grow Speaker/Presenter: Anthony Luscre, K8ZT This is a Zoom presentation that ALL HAM CLUBS and organizations should attend. cid:em61c736c6-9008-4b79-ac1c-10f8ffa71418@maxx · This meeting will be recorded. By participating you consent to being recorded. · Please change your display name to Your First Name, Call Sign and Location, e.g. Dan K7REX Idaho. · Please stay muted until ready to speak. Your space bar works like a PTT for unmuting · You may ask questions in chat; please stay on topic while using chat. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2128884758?pwd=WExjZC82b2JiNXd2UXN4MWFvb3RmZz09 Meeting ID: 212 888 4758 Passcode: CLUBS