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<H1>French Amateur Radio Balloon</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>On Saturday, March 13, French students will be releasing an
Amateur Radio balloon carrying an AX.25 Packet FM transmitter on 144.650
MHz.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The balloon will be released between 12:00 and 13:00 local
time from Pithiviers about 75 km south of Paris and is predicted to land south
of Orleans.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The position of the balloon will be displayed
at<BR></FONT><A href="http://projetballon.free.fr/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://projetballon.free.fr/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The format of the telemetry frames is at<BR></FONT><A
href="http://projetballon.free.fr/artemis/trames.html" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://projetballon.free.fr/artemis/trames.html</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>AGWPE Sound Card AX.25 Packet Software<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.kc2rlm.info/soundcardpacket/AGWPrograms.htm"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.kc2rlm.info/soundcardpacket/AGWPrograms.htm</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Sound Card Packet Guide by Ralph Milnes KC2RLM<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.kc2rlm.info/soundcardpacket/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.kc2rlm.info/soundcardpacket/</FONT></A></P></BODY></HTML>