Hello Everyone,
Here is one news item which is more timely at the moment rather than waiting for the weekend ANS news cycle. (We'll post a reminder in the ANS).
Interested stations on the USA East Coast may wish to follow this flight on VHF. The HF beacon may likely be heard with wider coverage:
+ The Project Blue Horizon 6 high-altitude transatlantic balloon flight is planned to launch on Friday, March 23 at 2300 EST (UTC-4) from Owego, NY transmitting on 7.1023 and 10.1466 MHz CW with the N2XE call sign and 144.390 MHz FM APRS using the KD2AUD call sign. Please send reports via e-mail to [email protected] or manually enter received data points at http://www.projectbluehorizon.com/ More information is available on their web page.
-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM [email protected] Editor, AMSAT News Service