Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22007 invoked from network); 11 Feb 2001 17:01:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by extortion.plus.net with SMTP; 11 Feb 2001 17:01:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 19774 invoked from network); 11 Feb 2001 17:04:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior with SMTP; 11 Feb 2001 17:04:52 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14RzpD-0006EU-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:58:11 +0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from jubilee.ns.sympatico.ca ([142.177.1.6]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14RzpC-0006EP-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:58:11 +0000 Received: from ns.sympatico.ca ([142.177.65.13]) by jubilee.ns.sympatico.ca (Post.Office MTA v3.5.2 release 221 ID# 0-68925U141000L141000S0V35) with ESMTP id ca for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 12:57:50 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <3A870B3D.F0238C9C@ns.sympatico.ca> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:59:25 -0500 From: "John Currie" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-DIAL (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: Re: LF: DF6NM's balloon qrt at 0:51 References: <72.7bc93dc.27b742a1@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Hi Markus What time did you start? I was only able to look from 2000z 2o 2230Z. I find often that the best signals are just before sunset 73 de John VE1ZJ MarkusVester@aol.com wrote: > Hi, > > all well until about 00:15. Then a southerly wind came up, pushing the > balloon lower and lower, almost scratching at our rooftop at 35°. Capacity > increased beyond the autotuner's range, so with hardly any current left I > signed off at 0:51 UT and pulled in the aerial. > > Good night de Markus, > DF6NM in JN59NK >