weather balloon launch

["Lorraine Smith" <smithl@alden.com>]

     I clipped this item from a weather newsgroup.
     
     Thought it would be of interest to ham ops on this list.
     
     Lo
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     Subject: New England Radiosonde launch May 30/hear it on your scanner
     
     A ham radio equipped weather balloon will be launched between 1:00 and 
     1:30 PM EDT (nominal 1:15 PM), unless adverse weather interferes, from 
     the upcoming National Weather Service Open House on May 30 in Taunton, 
     Massachusetts (southwest of Boston).  In case of a postponement, we'll 
     try Sunday,  May 31.  Sponsored by the Plymouth Community Intermediate 
     School, Roger Perry, earth science teacher.  Additional assistance 
     from the NWS.
     
     The SkyQuest hamradiosonde can be heard on home scanner radios and VHF 
     ham radios on the 2 meter band at 145.61 MHz FM. It should be *real* 
     easy to hear all over eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, southern 
     New Hampshire, and northeastern Connecticut.  After gaining some 
     substantial height I hope amateur radio operators with more sensitive 
     receivers will be able to hear the radiosonde from as far away as 
     southern Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Vermont, northern New 
     Hampshire, and Maine.  Maybe even parts of eastern Canada at peak 
     altitude.
     
     HF net control starting 1:00 PM Saturday on 3.860 MHZ from 1.5 
     kilowatt W1AW in Newington, CT (you can hear this station all over the 
     eastern US).
     
     Two temperature channels (inside and out) and altitude will be 
     measured continuously by means of audio tones.  Going up and down in 
     frequency as the transmitter switches among the three channels, the 
     tones will be heard for the duration of the flight.
     
     Hank Riley, N1LTV
     SkyQuest
     h1riley@umassd.edu

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