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* Original: FROM.... Joe Novello
* Original: TO...... Tom Thompson
* Forwarded by...... Maximus-CBCS v1.02 at 1:105/603.0

Hello Tom,
 
Glad to hear of your interest.  Tami and I are now conversing on the 
Technology Conference so we can draw the attention of Industrial Arts 
people and hopefully get them involved.  Perhaps you could best learn 
about this launch by following our conversations.  I will fill you in and 
if you are interested you can leave a message for me here or contact me 
via ham radio.
 
A group of amatuer radio operators from the Lincoln County Amatuer Radio 
Club have joined together for form a group called the Pacific Northwest 
Experimental Balloon Launch Team.  Our goal is to put up a balloon with 
an amateur televison transmitter.  This balloon will go up to about 110,
000  (110,000) feet.  FRom that height you can actually see the curvature 
of the earth and the black of space. 
 
In preparation for the TV launch, we are having several lesser launches 
of radio beacons for tracking an recovery of the balloon, and a 35 mm 
camera which will take a picture every ten minutes.  The balloon should 
take about two hours to reach 110,000 feet.  At that altitude the balloon 
will pop and the package will drop back to earth on a parachute.  The 
drop should last about 1 hour.
 
That is generally what we are doing.  We have many, many persons 
involved.  Radio operators from all over the western United States are 
helping track the balloon so we can recover the $200 worth of equipment 
on the first launches and the $1000 on the televison package.  By the way,
 anyone can monitor the launch beacons on a regular police scanner and 
when it goes up, the video on a regular television.
 
If you have any questions, let me know.
 
Joe Novello
Taft Middle SChool
Lincoln City, Or


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