| Re: [GMCnet] This thing was near my house today [message #319471 is a reply to message #319468] |
Thu, 22 June 2017 20:12   |
Ken Henderson
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Tracking the winds aloft associated with the big storm in the S., huh?
Ken H.
On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 8:15 PM, Ken Burton wrote:
> My Ham Radio APRS station (called an igate or Internet Gateway) picked it
> up today and sent the tracking information on to the Internet.
>
> I traced it back and it took off from Kankakee, Illinois and landed near
> Kouts, Indiana which is about 40 or 50 miles away. It reached a maximum
> reported altitude of over 71,000 feet.
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> https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=10&call=a%2FKC9LHW-11&
> timerange=43200&tail=43200
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> It turns out it is somehow connected with the Adler Planetarium, in
> Chicago and they use Ham Radio APRS to track it.
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> www.adlerplanetarium.org/education/far-horizons/
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>
> --
> Ken Burton - N9KB
> 76 Palm Beach
> Hebron, Indiana
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