The Project Blue Horizon 6 high-altitude transatlantic balloon

The Project Blue Horizon 6 high-altitude transatlantic balloon flight is
scheduled for Friday, March 23rd at 2300 EST from Owego, NY.

The Project Blue Horizon team is attempting to break current Amateur Radio
high-altitude balloon record for duration and duration (57 hours 2
minutes). We currently estimate a 4400 mile flight spanning 100 hours.
Please see www.projectbluehorizon.com for detailed flight path information.
The payload will be carried beneath a 54,000 cubic foot capacity
helium-filled balloon cruising between 85,000 and 100,000 feet.

During the flight 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 KD2AUD. Amateurs can
send reports via e-mail to pbh18.data@gmail.com or manually enter received
data points at www.projectbluehorizon.com. More information about the
program is at the Project Blue Horizon website. Launch and flight updates
will also be available on Twitter @PBHVI.

NOTE: If you or anyone else knows a Ham operator in the Azores who can
communicate with our payload please send the contact information to
pbh18.data@gmail.com. We will require communications with the payload as it
approaches the Azores.


AMATEUR RADIO HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOONING

LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENTS:
03/23/2012 @ 2300    Project Blue Horizon launching PBH-18
Website: http://www.projectbluehorizon.com
<http://www.projectbluehorizon.com>
Track: N2XE (HF), KD2AUC (APRS) <http://aprs.fi/?call=N2XE>
APRS: 144.390Mhz, CW: 7.1023, 10.1466
Site: Owego, NY - United States
Coords: 42.08, -76.21 <http://aprs.fi/?lat=42.08&lng=
-76.21&label=03-23-2012%20Launch%20site%20of%20PBH-18%20by%20Proj\
ect Blue Horizon%20,%20at%202300&z=14>
Contact: Adam Bergeron KD2AUD, adamjbergeron@gmail.com

The Project Blue Horizon 6 high-altitude transatlantic balloon
flight is scheduled for Friday, March 23rd at 2300 EST from
Owego, NY.  The Project Blue Horizon team is attempting to break
current Amateur Radio high-altitude balloon record for duration
and duration (57 hours 2 minutes). We currently estimate a 4400
mile flight spanning 100 hours. Please see
www.projectbluehorizon.com for detailed flight path information.
The payload will be carried beneath a 54,000 cubic foot capacity
helium-filled balloon cruising between 85,000 and 100,000 feet.
During the flight 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 KD2AUC. Amateurs can send reports via e-mail to
pbh18.data@gmail.com or manually enter received data points at
www.projectbluehorizon.com. More information about the program is
at the Project Blue Horizon website. Launch and flight updates
will also be available on Twitter @PBHVI.  NOTE: If you or anyone
else knows a Ham operator in the Azores who can communicate with
our payload please send the contact information to
pbh18.data@gmail.com. We will require communications with the
payload as it approaches the Azores.
03/24/2012 @ 07:30    FMS HAB Club launching W0RC-13
Website: http://hab.forestviewmultimedia.com
<http://hab.forestviewmultimedia.com>
Track: WORC-13 <http://aprs.fi/?call=WORC-13>
APRS: 144.390Mhz, CW: 7.030Mhz
Site: Forestview Middle School, Baxter, Minnesota
Coords: 46.32883, -94.27783 <http://aprs.fi/?lat=46.32883&lng=
-94.27783&label=03-24-2012%20Launch%20site%20of%20W0RC-13%20by%20\
FMS HAB Club%20,%20at%2007:30&z=14>
Contact: Jim Reed W0RC, jim.reed@isd181.org


03/25/2012 @ 0600    OHAB Project launching OHAB Flight 1
Website: None given
Track: OHAB-01 <http://aprs.fi/?call=OHAB-01>
na
Site: New Vienna OH USA
Coords: 39.286897, -83.673626 <http://aprs.fi/?lat=39.286897&lng=
-83.673626&label=03-25-2012%20Launch%20site%20of%20OHAB Flight
1%20by%20OHAB Project%20,%20at%200600&z=14>
Contact: Derek McDaniel OHAB, sales@ohabproject.com

First launch. Not expecting a lot. But have done a lot of
research. Sending up a droid phone as a gps with a 2 foot
parachute. Very small box.
03/31/2012 @ 15:0    Nebraska Stratospheric Amateur Radio
launching NSTAR 12-A
Website: http://nstar.org <http://nstar.org>
Track: N9XTN-11, N9XTN-12 <http://aprs.fi/?call=N9XTN-11,>
APRS: 144.39 MHz, 144.36 MHz
Site: Univ of Nebr. Lincoln East Campus
Coords: 40.829, -96.671 <http://aprs.fi/?lat=40.829&lng=
-96.671&label=03-31-2012%20Launch%20site%20of%20NSTAR
12-A%20by%20Nebraska Stratospheric Amateur
Radio%20,%20at%2015:0&z=14>
Contact: Mark Conner N9XTN, mconner1@gmail.com

http://cpsws.unl.edu
03/31/2012 @ 0900    Arizona Near Space Research launching
ANSR-67
Website: http://www.ansr.org, 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ballooning/ <http://www.ansr.org,>
Track: KA7NSR-11, KA7NSR-12, KA7NSR-13
<http://aprs.fi/?call=KA7NSR-11,>
445.950 MHz, 445.950 MHz, 144.340 Mhz
Site: UA Maricopa Agricultural Center in Maricopa, AZ
Coords: 33.07367, -111.98283 <http://aprs.fi/?lat=33.07367&lng=
-111.98283&label=03-31-2012%20Launch%20site%20of%20ANSR-67%20by%2\
0Arizona Near Space Research%20,%20at%200900&z=14>
Contact: Allen Sklar W7AS, ajsklar@w7as.com

The balloon will carry seven student built payloads from the
University of Arizona, Arizona State University, Pima Community
College and South Mountain Community College. The payloads will
contain a varity of scientific apparatus as part of Arizona Space
Grant Consortium\'s ASCEND! program
(www.spacegrant.arizona.edu/research/ascend).   The balloon will
be a 3000 gram weather balloon, filled with helium. The expected
burst altitude will be 90,000 feet or more. The flight is
anticipated to last about 2.5 hours from launch to touchdown.
APRS Beacons will transmit position information as follows:
KA7NSR-11, 445.950 MHz KA7NSR-12, 445.950 Mhz KA7NSR-13, 144.340
MHz  The ANSR Cross-Band Repeater will operate with an input
frequency of 145.56 MHz with a 162.2 Hz tone, and an output of
445.525 MHz. While contacts (especially DX) are welcome, please
give priority to chase team members.  Our mobile cross band
Digipeater will repeat the VHF and UHF beacon APRS data to the
144.390 MHz standard APRS frequency and subsequently will be
I-GATED to the Internet for out-of-area trackers.   You can track
the flight using the following links:
http://map.aprsworld.net/ka7nsr-11 (or -12, -13)
http://aprs.fi/?call=ka7nsr-11 (or -12, -13)
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=ka7nsr-11 (or -12,
-13)  Be sure to check http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ballooning
for updates to this announcement prior to the flight.
04/07/2012 @ 08:00    RHS Engineering Club launching TBA
Website: http://rhsspaceflight.wikispaces.com/
<http://rhsspaceflight.wikispaces.com/>
Track: TBA <http://aprs.fi/?call=TBA>
APRS: 144.390Mhz
Site: Woodstock, NB Canada
Coords: 45.1, -066.5 <http://aprs.fi/?lat=45.1&lng=
-066.5&label=04-07-2012%20Launch%20site%20of%20TBA%20by%20RHS
Engineering Club%20,%20at%2008:00&z=14>
Contact: Darren White DARREN, darren.white@nbnet.nb.ca

Additional info as it becomes available
04/14/2012 @ 0715    Edge of Space Sciences launching EOSS-174
Website: http://www.eoss.org/ <http://www.eoss.org/>
Track: AE0SS-11 <http://aprs.fi/?call=AE0SS-11>
APRS: 144.340Mhz, CW: 147.555 MHz
Site: Windsor, CO
Coords: 40.47, -104.96 <http://aprs.fi/?lat=40.47&lng=
-104.96&label=04-14-2012%20Launch%20site%20of%20EOSS-174%20by%20E\
dge of Space Sciences%20,%20at%200715&z=14>
Contact: Mike Manes W5VSI, mrmanes@gmail.com

Colo Space Grant Balloonsats
6/07/2012 @ 0730 CDT    Great Plains Super Launch       Sponsor:
Nebraska Stratospheric Amateur Radio launching GPSL-2012
Website: http://superlaunch.org, http://www.nstar.org/,     
http://www.projecttraveler.org,       http://www.wb8elk.com,
http://nearspaceventures.com,     
http://www.depauw.edu/acad/physics/base,     
http://members.cox.net/hhm_74775/orb/,       http://www.eoss.org,
http://www.arbonet.net,       http://www.drydeneng.com/balloon,
http://diyship.com,       http://robomo.com,     
http://nearsys.com, <http://superlaunch.org,>
Track: TBA <http://aprs.fi/?call=TBA>
APRS: 144.390Mhz
Site: Omaha, NE
Coords: TBA
<http://aprs.fi/?lat=TBA&lng=&label=6-07-2012%20Launch%20site%20o\
f%20GPSL-2012%20by%20Great Plains Super Launch
              Sponsor: Nebraska Stratospheric Amateur
Radio%20,%20at%200730 CDT&z=14>
Contact: Mark Conner, mconner1@gmail.com

Nebraska Stratospheric Amateur Radio       http://www.nstar.org/
07/21/2012 @ ,0900    EDGE OF SPACE WITH RESEARCH, EXPERIMENTING
into Developement launching EOSRED-12
Website: http://Www.W1lwt.com <http://Www.W1lwt.com>
Track: W1LWT-12 <http://aprs.fi/?call=W1LWT-12>
APRS: 144.390Mhz,
Site: LISBON,MAINE
Coords: 44.028,-70.087
<http://aprs.fi/?lat=44.028&lng=-70.087&label=07-21-2012%20Launch\
%20site%20of%20EOSRED-12%20by%20EDGE OF SPACE WITH RESEARCH,
EXPERIMENTING into Developement%20,%20at%20,0900&z=14>
Contact: Lee Trask W1LWT, EOSREDA@yahoogroups.com

More to be posted on the yahoogroup site.
09/01/2012 @ 0900    STS - Stratospheric Balloon Project
launching STS-1
Website: http://stsproject.net <http://stsproject.net>
Track: OM2AMR-11 <http://aprs.fi/?call=OM2AMR-11>
APRS:144.8 MHz, RTTY 300 Bd  - 434.650 MHz
Site: Near Piestany (LZPP), Slovakia
Coords: 48.67838, 17.83766 <http://aprs.fi/?lat=48.67838&lng=
17.83766&label=09-01-2012%20Launch%20site%20of%20STS-1%20by%20STS
- Stratospheric Balloon Project%20,%20at%200900&z=14>
Contact: Radim Mutina OM2AMR, radim.mutina@gmail.com

More info http://balon.xit.sk (in Slovak only for now. Use Google
Translate please)
Follow @arhaballooning <http://twitter.com/arhaballooning>
Visit us at http://arhab.org <http://arhab.org>  for more
information.   Use this form to submit your launches:
http://www.arhab.org/annomail.html
<http://www.arhab.org/annomail.html>
Good Luck!

73s -- Keith, WA0TJT

2. Re: Trans-Atlantic Amateur Radio High Altitude Balloon Launch - Proj
    Posted by: "HarryM" hhm_74115@cox.net harrymue
    Date: Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:25 pm ((PDT))

It is now in flight with the Call of KD2AUC-1  & a House icon.