<div dir="ltr"><div><h1 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">144.390 FM APRS balloon heads for UK</h1><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The solar powered around-the-world high altitude balloon was released by the California Near Space Project team on Monday, February 23 and is expected to reach the UK on Friday. The APRS beacon should have a radio range of up to 400 km.<br><br>The amateur radio APRS frequency is not standardized world-wide. The USA uses 144.390 MHz while the British Isles and Europe use 144.800 MHz. It is understood the balloon will change frequency to 144.800 MHz when it reaches this side of the Atlantic.</p><table style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="610"><tbody><tr><td><div align="center"><img border="0" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11025818_912925018731018_221273108891892666_n.png?oh=35286396f4de9115e6bd20beaad1516c&amp;oe=557A4A40&amp;__gda__=1431206363_fac0141e98362f5e2661ba6234af4fd6"></div></td></tr><tr><td><div align="center"><font color="#666666">Predicted track of CNSP-22</font></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">See the K6RPT-11 APRS track at<br><a style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none" href="http://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&amp;z=11&amp;call=a%2FK6RPT-11&amp;timerange=86400&amp;tail=86400" target="_blank">http://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&amp;z=11&amp;call=a%2FK6RPT-11&amp;timerange=86400&amp;tail=86400</a><br><br>California Near Space Project<br>Web<span> </span><a style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none" href="http://www.cnsp-inc.com/" target="_blank">http://www.cnsp-inc.com/</a><br>Twitter<span> </span><a style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/k6rpt">http://twitter.com/k6rpt</a><br>Facebook<span> </span><a style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/California-Near-Space-Project/255864787858630" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/pages/California-Near-Space-Project/255864787858630</a><br><br>Twitter<span> </span><a style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/k6rpt" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/k6rpt</a><br><br>APRS<span> </span><a style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none" href="http://www.aprs.org/" target="_blank">http://www.aprs.org/</a><br><br>APRS-UK Yahoo Group<br><a style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none" href="https://groups.yahoo.com/group/APRSUK" target="_blank">https://groups.yahoo.com/group/APRSUK</a></p></div></div>