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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Californian 144.390 FM APRS balloon update<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Amateur radio stations from the UK to the Azores have been listening for the transatlantic balloon K6RPT-12 on 144.390 MHz FM.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">As of Tuesday 2230 UT no reports of the balloon had been received since it left radio range of Newfoundland at 0350 UT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The last APRS reports indicated it was starting to drift south and slow down. When it left the USA it was traveling at over 300 km an hour, however, it may well have slowed considerably since then possibly to as little
as 90 kmh.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The payload is designed for over 60 hours of flight and it may come into radio range again during Wednesday.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">See the K6RPT-12 APRS Track at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FK6RPT-12&timerange=604800">http://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FK6RPT-12&timerange=604800</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">California Near Space Project<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.californianearspaceproject.com/">http://www.californianearspaceproject.com/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/k6rpt">
http://twitter.com/k6rpt</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">CNSP Yahoo Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CNSP-Inc/">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CNSP-Inc/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">APRS <a href="http://www.aprs.org/">http://www.aprs.org/</a>
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