WA8LMF Mirror of WB4APR Website - 21 July 2008 Montreal Balloon Launch

Montreal Balloon Event


This Balloon was launched west of Montreal and caused some excitement for the chase team who had to drive to Montreal, cross the river, and go back and forth as the balloon reversed course twice. The balloon travelled a total of 64 miles for over 3 hours and 45 minutes and achieved an altitude of 100,000 feet. The balloon's data was transmitted on VHF and gated to HF which is what was received in Annapolis MD.



javAPRS Commands (Case Insensitive)
U or PGUP
zooms up (wider view)
D or PGDN
zooms down (narrower view)
L
lists stations heard to the Java console
W
lists only weather station reports to the Java console
S
Show packet's status in Java console
M
lists last 25 messages to the Java console
CTRL-click
centers map on clicked location
ALT-click
zooms in on clicked location
Arrow keys
scrolls map

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The Naval Academy is a registered user of APRS and WinAPRS. The purpose of this web page is to show several applications currently in use at this site and should not be considered as an advertisement or an endorsement of any commercial product.

WA8LMF Mirror of WB4APR Website - 21 July 2008