Re: [BVARC] Where is my ticket?

2023-03-03 Thread Walter Holmes K5WH via BVARC
It's at the ticket boothWalter, K5WHOn Mar 3, 2023 12:43 PM, Mark Brantana via BVARC wrote:I bought a ticket online about a week ago but cannot seem to find it in my email. How would I have received it and what do I need to get in the gate today? Mark N5PRD _

Re: [BVARC] Field Day Balloon is now over Georgia, the state not the Country

2023-06-27 Thread Walter Holmes K5WH via BVARC
Don't pay too much attention to the altitude as it takes a few solid packets to create the accurate altitude. It's still over 49k right now. Working well.Walter, K5WHOn Jun 27, 2023 9:24 AM, Eddie Runner via BVARC wrote:check it yourself, http://www.aprs.fi call sign k5wh-117its gone almost in a h

Re: [BVARC] Wouxun UV9DMATE on sale

2023-06-28 Thread Walter Holmes K5WH via BVARC
We use an ht in crossband mode, when we fly a balloon over 100,000 feet for a few hours. Just imagine covering several hundred miles with an ht on low power. :) And we do the same with a commercial DMR ht in the single frequency repeater mode, with amazing results.Great ways to exploit these featur