[aprssig] Balloon Launch Check-list.... jet stream floater coming to eastern US soon.

[Brian Riley]

  I realize there is something here that I do not understand. What is  
to be gained by starting with a decremented
  WIDEN-N path like WIDE2-1 as opposed to using WIDE1-1? They both  
have  one hop left ... what am I missing?



cheers ... 73 de brian  riley, n1bq, underhill center, vermont
   <n1bq at wulfden.org>


On Sep 26, 2005, at 3:52 PM, K. Mark Caviezel wrote:

> In general I follow them for my "ES-OS" launches, and
> choose to ignore the negative QRM email I get from
> some hams ascerting that an airborne beacon on 144.39
> will cripple the entire APRS network.

> I used to fly WIDE, now I'll fly WIDE2-1 under new
> paradigm. Normally for high altitude flights, I get a
> good copy and decode of the direct beacon, the single
> digi hop may be useful if I am nulled directly under
> the balloon.
>