*Hi Guys & Gals, (Note, the top fart is for MBARC Members; & anyone can read the top part, which is not private!) Since I know that some of the new "Hams" are not ARRL Members, I thoughtthat this would be a perfect oppertunity to have the "New Hams" join ARRL & MBARC & the club would get alittle back, when the "New Hams joun both ARRL & MBARC! The ARRL home page is: www.arrl.org & MBARC home Page: www.wr2abb.org/home/ Next MBARC "In Person" meeting (5/10); 7PM, Po'k Gallaria (Community Room), In back of Food Ct. (On 2nd. floor, & SW Corner of Bldg. (Where City Po'k & Dut. Co. Loop Buses Stup!) 73,.Stu (WA2BSS;Director) * ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ARRL Web site [email protected] Date: Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:07 PM Subject: ARLS006 Transatlantic Amateur Radio Balloon Launch To: [email protected]

SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS006 ARLS006 Transatlantic Amateur Radio Balloon Launch

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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 [email protected].

More information about the program, including the latest projected flight path, is at the Project Blue Horizon website at, http://www.projectbluehorizon.com. Launch and flight updates will also be available on Twitter at, http://twitter.com/#!/PBH5 . NNNN /EX