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This thing was near my house today [message #319468]

Thu, 22 June 2017 19:15

Ken Burton

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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 anroute.

https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=10&call=a%2FKC9LHW-11&timerange=43200&tail=43200

It turns out it is somehow connected with the Adler Planetarium, in Chicago and they use Ham Radio APRS to track it.

http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/education/far-horizons/

Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana

[Updated on: Fri, 23 June 2017 01:47]

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		This thing was near my house today By: Ken Burton on Thu, 22 June 2017 19:15
		Re: [GMCnet] This thing was near my house today By: Ken Henderson on Thu, 22 June 2017 20:12
		Re: [GMCnet] This thing was near my house today By: Ken Burton on Fri, 23 June 2017 07:46
		Re: [GMCnet] This thing was near my house today By: Matt Colie on Fri, 23 June 2017 08:07
		Re: [GMCnet] This thing was near my house today By: Justin Brady on Fri, 23 June 2017 08:13
		Re: [GMCnet] This thing was near my house today By: Ken Henderson on Fri, 23 June 2017 10:48
		Re: [GMCnet] This thing was near my house today By: Keith V on Fri, 23 June 2017 12:49
		Re: [GMCnet] This thing was near my house today By: Ken Henderson on Fri, 23 June 2017 15:22
		Re: [GMCnet] This thing was near my house today By: emerystora on Fri, 23 June 2017 12:53
		Re: This thing was near my house today By: kingd on Fri, 23 June 2017 09:52
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		Re: This thing was near my house today By: RF_Burns on Fri, 23 June 2017 21:42
		Re: [GMCnet] This thing was near my house today By: Richard Denney on Fri, 23 June 2017 23:58
		Re: [GMCnet] This thing was near my house today By: Ken Burton on Sat, 24 June 2017 01:04
		Re: [GMCnet] This thing was near my house today By: tphipps on Sun, 25 June 2017 09:40
		Re: [GMCnet] This thing was near my house today By: Richard Denney on Sun, 25 June 2017 17:31
		Re: This thing was near my house today By: Ken Burton on Mon, 26 June 2017 19:49
		Re: This thing was near my house today By: Ken Burton on Tue, 01 August 2017 13:34

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