[aprssig] BEAR launch this morning - Tracks available

[Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)]

APRS activity maps are available for today's VE6ATV-11/-12 Balloon 
Flight.  You'll find them at:

http://tinyurl.com/KJ4ERJ-VE6ATV

VE6ATV-11 managed to squirt a packet or two long haul, so the map is 
compressed to cover the range.  VE6ATV-12 is much closer in with the 
local infrastructure.

I also provided 2 screen captures from my APRSIS32 client showing the 
altitudes along the track for each balloon.  They're the files that are 
called:

VE6ATV-11/-12-20100424.png

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - APRS Infrastructure Visualization
(and author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aprsisce/
http://aprsisce.wikidot.com/start

PS.  That was a cool flight to watch from afar.  I thought the chasers 
were going to manage to catch it before it hit the ground!

James Ewen wrote:
> For those interested, another in the BEAR series out of Edmonton will
> be launching this morning.
>
> Look for the VE6ATV-11 callsign in the air over Alberta.
>
> Beautiful clear skies, and calm winds this morning.
>
> Flight will be a shakedown for the University of Alberta Physics
> department, and a maiden voyage for the R-Trak HAP hardware just
> delivered a few days ago.
>
> Using a 30 year old military balloon, so nothing special expected.
> Well, I guess a flight of any sort will be special.
>
> This flight is to show the U of A how the process runs, and then next
> semester, the experiments should start to fly.
>
> Off to the launchpad!
>
> T-54 minutes and counting.
>
> James
> VE6SRV
>