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Subject: RE: KC*UCH-11
From: "Bill Martin" <wa6rtx@bellsouth.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 14:07:59 -0600
X-Message-Number: 46
Steve,
But you'd have to have a good pair of snow shoes. I think the area would
look much different than that picture.
Bill - WA6RTX
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Subject: RE: KC*UCH-11
From: Steve Dimse <k4hg@tapr.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:13:37 -0500
X-Message-Number: 47
On 2/17/04 at 2:07 PM Bill Martin <wa6rtx@bellsouth.net> sent:
>But you'd have to have a good pair of snow shoes. I think the area would
>look much different than that picture.
Yea, I tend to forget things like that, we had a cold front come through a
couple days ago and it got down into the 60's...brrrr....
Steve K4HG
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Subject: RE: KC*UCH-11
From: Doug Bade <dbade@clecom.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:18:54 -0500
X-Message-Number: 48
It looks like W1UH lives 15 miles away, has anyone tried to contact him??
He is an APRS guy, maybe he would go eyeball it before it stops talking??
Doug KB8GVQ
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Subject: RE: KC*UCH-11
From: Doug Bade <dbade@clecom.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:24:28 -0500
X-Message-Number: 49
Sorry, looks like I grabbed the wrong call W1UP looks correct....Maybe he
can help???
Doug KB8GVQ
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Subject: RE: KC*UCH-11
From: "AE5PL Lists" <HamLists@ametx.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 14:36:09 -0600
X-Message-Number: 50
It's alive!
KC8UCH-11>GPSPO,K1JY-2,W1UP*,WIDE,qAr,K1KWP-9:$GPGGA,202052,4252.8288,N,
07158.5087,W,1,07,01.0,0268,M,,M,000,0000*67
was seen at about 2021Z. That should give you a pretty exact location.
73,
Pete Loveall AE5PL
pete@ae5pl.net
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Subject: Search underway! RE: KC8UCH-11
From: "Rochte, Robert" <rrochte@gpacademy.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:39:54 -0500
X-Message-Number: 51
I contacted Jon Hampson, N1MZX, in Peterborough, NH, and he will try to
retrieve the balloon later today. I found him in the "nearby stations" list
on Findu/APRSWorld and he said that he just put that particular station (a
weather station) up yesterday - talk about timing!
More news once I hear back from him...
73,
Robert
KC8UCH
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Subject: Re: A LITTLE EXCESSIVE PATH, MAYBE?
From: "Ciemon G0TRT" <hamlists@g0trt.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 21:13:48 -0000
X-Message-Number: 52
Guys, you have to remember that a lot of people aren't interested in IGATE's
in the slightest. And whilst Bob designed APRS for short range tactical
comms it isn't used that way in a lot of places.
Whilst that path is ludicrous because it's impossible to predict the path
that packet may take, if that ham wants to get some dx, that's the way to do
it :)
Eventually he'll realise that he's wasting his time and change his path.
It's taken time in the UK, and there are still a few people that do it, but
they learn.
73.. Ciemon G0TRT
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Subject: Looking for historical APRS data to help with building coverage maps.
From: James Washer <washer@trlp.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 13:20:13 -0800
X-Message-Number: 53
I'd like to me able to get to historical APRS data for a given area. This
is so that I can build coverage maps of an area.
There are some remote areas in Nevada and Idaho that I will be travelling
to this summer. I've been watching for APRS activity for the past couple of
weeks and have not seen any. This might be due to no APRS stations in the
area, or due to no coverage from igates. Given that most of these areas are
currently buried in snow, I suspect the former.
I thought, that if I could get a year or so worth of historical data, I
could then plot every report on a map.. This map would then show every
location where a signal did make it to an igate.. and give me a reasonable
approximation of coverage.. Not perfect, but better then I've got now.
So.. is there an historical archice of APRS reports?
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Subject: KC8UCH-11 recovery update
From: "Rochte, Robert" <rrochte@gpacademy.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:23:30 -0500
X-Message-Number: 54
Jon Hampson, N1MZX, just called me from the base of the tree in which the
balloon - and payload - are caught. It seems that the payload and all
lodged near the *top* of the tree and are quite inaccessible from the
ground.
He's taking some photos and will talk to the land owner before leaving the
area. I should hear more from him later this afternoon.
-R
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Subject: Re: Looking for historical APRS data to help with building coverage
maps.
From: Steve Dimse <k4hg@tapr.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:31:41 -0500
X-Message-Number: 55
Jim will have to answer for APRSworld, but findU saves 4 months of position
reports. It is necessary to purge the database, because even 4 months of
data ends up being 42 GB, a very large database.
The thing you are asking for has been done for some areas by both of us,
here is washington state:
http://findu.com/wa.png
South Carolina:
http://findu.com/sc.png
Tampa/St. Pete:
http://findu.com/tsp.png
The trouble is to grab this many positions and plot them is very
time-consuming, and bogs down the database, so I use this sparingly.
Steve K4HG
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Subject: Re: D-700 Questions
From: "Richard Amirault" <ramirault@erols.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 17:17:46 -0500
X-Message-Number: 56
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Stoneking"
Subject: [aprssig] D-700 Questions
(snip)
>Number one: does the mute function actually work on this radio? I have
>tried every combination of internal/external speaker combinations and
>settings and the mute key does nothing except add the word mute to the
>display.
>(snip)
As I understand it "mute" only _reduces_ the volume on the second half, not
totally totally shut it down (and possibly only when the Main channel is
receiving something)
>Number three: I have two gripes about the volume control. First, the audio
>abruptly disappears when lowering the volume, instead of getting lower and
>lower until it is gone. And this happens at an audio level that is louder
>than I would expect (granted it is pretty low, but if the car is not
>running it does not go low enough for my taste). The second problem with
>the audio is that when the audio does cut out completely there is a
>noticeable (if the car is not running) 'hiss' from the speaker. Has anyone
>else experienced (and hopefully fixed) this?
Haven't noticed either problem.
Richard Amirault N1JDU Boston,
MA, USA
www.erols.com/ramirault "Go Fly A Kite"
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Subject:
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_=5Baprssig=5D_RE:_=5Baprssig=5D_RE:_Mythbusters_?= =?iso-8851
9-?Q?=A0Cell_phones_Vs_Gas_Stations?=
From: "Richard Amirault" <ramirault@erols.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 17:22:21 -0500
X-Message-Number: 57
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christensen, Eric"
Subject: [aprssig] RE: [aprssig] RE: Mythbusters Cell phones Vs Gas
Stations
>I think what they are talking about is its' intrinsic (sp?) ability. The
>radios and pagers that we use on Hazardous Material scenes MUST be
>intrinsically safe meaning they will not spark when operated (and other
>things, too). When a cellphone rings there is the possibility of an
>internal spark that could ignite the gasoline fumes (which is the ONLY
>component of gasoline that will burn) and could cause an explosion.
"...the ONLY component of gasoline that will burn"???? I think you meant to
say the only component of gasoline that will *explode*. Liquid gasoline
will burn just fine.
Richard Amirault N1JDU Boston,
MA, USA
www.erols.com/ramirault "Go Fly A Kite"
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Subject:
=?iso-8859-1?Q?RE=3A_=5Baprssig=5D_Mythbusters_=A0Cell_phones_?= =?iso-8859-1?Qs
?V_Gas_Stations_-_Liquid_Burning?=
From: "Christensen, Eric" <CHRISTENSENE@MAIL.ECU.EDU>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 17:41:17 -0500
X-Message-Number: 58
At STP it is the only component that will burn... For the liquid component
to burn it has to be heated or the pressure must be high... If you are
working in the temperatures or pressures at which gasoline liquid will burn
I don't think you would be worrying about talking on the temperature... :)
(STP = Standard Temperature and Pressure)
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Subject: Re: KC8UCH-11 recovery update
From: Richard Garcia <k4gps@bellsouth.net>
Date: 17 Feb 2004 18:10:46 -0500
X-Message-Number: 59
At least it is not lost..I love the idea of baloons and would love to do
one but living in sunny Florida a baloon launch would mean a 1 time use
most if not all of the time. Unless the winds would take it directly
north (fat chance) it would either drown or be shot down by MIG's within
a few hours of flight.
Has anyone ever thought about the liability of a baloon coming down ?
Murphy states it will come down in a tree but if murphy is on vacation
what would happen if it decided to come down on a major freeway with
traffic going at 70+ mph. That really could screw up someone's
windshield or worse.
Rich
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