Beevo, that was it. I was at the Yuma hamfest hoping to see the launch, but due Yo winds they launched from Quartzsite. I worked about three contacts on the repeater and Chris got about 18 of the 23 or so SSTV images. It reached 87653 feet altitude. I asked since I saw the aprs track went just northwest of the site. It landed near Salome & Eagle Eye rds Sent from my iPod Rick Tejera Editor, SACnews Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org K7TEJ On Feb 19, 2012, at 15:32, "Bill VanOrden" <beevo1@xxxxxxx> wrote: > http://www.ansr.org/ > > Had a mess of repeaters on it as well as slow and fast scan TV. Was the > subject of discussion at last night's ham feast > > Beevo > K7BVO > > -----Original Message----- > From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Jones > Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 2:30 PM > To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Antennas > > It may have been the Mass Effect 3 prelaunch balloon from Vegas - seriously. > They've placed a number of copies of ME-3 onto weather balloons and launched > them for suborbital flights. The game boxes are equipped with GPS tracking > info broadcast through the Bioware Mass Effect 3 Twitter account and a > special website. People are tracking them to try and grab these special > copies before the game goes on sale March 6th. > > Check out: > > http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/mass-effect-3-enters-space-via-weather-ba > lloon-comes-crashing-down-to-gamers-11193 > > Tim > > On Feb 19, 2012, at 12:42 PM, Rick Tejera wrote: > >> Out of curiosity, did anyone at antennas yesterday notice a high altitude > balloon to the NW around 1000-1030? > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.