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Is NORAD notified so it doesn’t get shot down? Like the club in midwest.
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On 07/19/2023 11:56 AM EDT Eric L. Johnson <ericlee.johnson@gmail.com> wrote:
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Below is a notice from the New England Sci-Tech Club (NEST) for the upcoming (weather permitting) high altitude balloon launch.
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Following the link <a style="font-size: 1rem;" href="https://nescitech.org/habgab" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://nescitech.org/habgab</a> will get you all the details, including instructions for using the HABGAB repeater during the
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flight. We are encouraging Hams across New England to listen to or contact the HABGAB repeater.
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I have been involved with this club over the past few months, and have attached a small pico-balloon payload which we
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will use at a later date to attempt an around-the-world flight.
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Thank You,
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Eric Johnson KC1OAV
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HABGab 2023 Balloon Launch
<br>presented by
<br>New England Weather Balloon Society
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<br style="color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; word-spacing: 1px;">Launch Site: Current predictions are placing it in Eastern Connecticut, and we'd aim to be there at 9am to start setup. Final launch site will be sent out the morning of launch very early. </span>
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<br style="color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; word-spacing: 1px;">HABGab HQ NEST Event: NEST will be hosting people interested in watching the flight remotely, doing makerspace activities, and getting help from Joe Fitzgerald K1MP, an engineer who works with satellites and satellite tracking, to make contact with the balloon repeater from the radio room and earn a special event QSL card.</span>
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<br style="color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; word-spacing: 1px;">Recovery Efforts: Help out your fellow team by tracking the positions of the payloads on </span><a style="font-size: 1rem; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; word-spacing: 1px;" href="https://amateur.sondehub.org/," target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://amateur.sondehub.org/,</a><span style="color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; word-spacing: 1px;"> and reporting the landing locations here on </span><a style="font-size: 1rem; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; word-spacing: 1px;" href="http://groups.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">groups.io</a><span style="color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; word-spacing: 1px;"> for others interested in helping with recovery of payloads. Join us at one of the 3 payload landing sites to help with onsite efforts to retrieve the payloads. Come prepared for heavy wilderness exploration (thick pants, heavy boots, long sleeve shirts, tough gloves, hats, bug spray, flashlights, water, snacks, etc.).</span>
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