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Old 05-18-2014, 03:49 AM
 
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Hey guys!

Today we launched a weather balloon from Connecticut. It ascended to 80,000ft, one of the balloons then popped, and it "slowly" (at about 70mph) landed in north east Vermont. It is a 6 hour drive from where we live, and it landed in a woods type place, so for us to take that ride would not be worth it. Since the APRS GPS was only set to transmit every 5 minutes the last known transmission was at 3700ft. I assume it then "crashed", and the radio stopped transmitting. I am very interested in retrieving the camera that was placed in the balloon.

So, if anybody here lives in this part of Vermont and wants to go on a little adventure, our HAM Radio Club would appreciate it!

The last known coordinates were: 44°56.64' N 71°34.24' W

Chances are it is within 2 miles north, east, or south of that point. It's some pretty dense woods. I'm not sure if we can find it, but if we could, that would be amazing.

Here is a map view with the last two known coordinates. The circle indicates where I believe it landed, with green being more likely, and red being less likely. I'm assuming it was coming down pretty slow at this point, but I do know that it landed within 5 minutes of the last transmission.



Here is the satellite view of the same area.



As far as we know one of the balloons should still be inflated, since only one popped, as long as the other didn't pop while landing. That should make it a little easier to find.

Hopefully somebody is very close to the area! Thanks!
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Old 05-18-2014, 05:24 AM
 
Location: Vermont
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Oh wow that is too bad... is it a weather proof camera? That is far out there. 3 hours from me and no where I am familiar with. If it fell closer to my home, I'd definitely look for it.

A fellow ham
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Old 05-18-2014, 05:27 AM
 
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Oh wow that is too bad... is it a weather proof camera? That is far out there. 3 hours from me and no where I am familiar with. If it fell closer to my home, I'd definitely look for it.

A fellow ham
As long as the box didn't break open, it should be able to survive the elements.

I'm thinking of calling up some of the houses nearby. See if they saw anything.
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Old 05-18-2014, 07:08 AM
 
Location: Vermont
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That is a really remote, little populated area. Maybe Arctichomesteader knows something about the area...he seems to know the NEK (Northeast Kingdom) really well. Hopefully he'll see this thread and pop in!
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Old 05-18-2014, 09:18 AM
 
Location: The Woods
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I know the area but I'm not there right now. That's going to be a tough area to find it in unless it landed by someone's house or camp or a road. The woods are real thick there. Not really many people there. Someone might find it while hunting at some point. Good luck!
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Old 05-19-2014, 05:55 PM
 
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After contacting some people around there we ended up finding the neighbors of the land. Since it's private property, they are trying to find the phone number of the guy who owns the land it's on. We are coming very close!
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Old 05-20-2014, 01:15 PM
 
Location: The Woods
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Is it posted? You don't need permission to walk onto land here that's not posted.
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Old 05-20-2014, 04:47 PM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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Just saw this thread. Very cool. Are you a spotter for NWS? Was this for a study or hobby?

Will the data be posted somewhere? I'm very interested to see the sounding or raw data from it.

Do you have a twitter account? I will post this thread in the CT Weather thread as well.

Good luck finding it.
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Old 05-21-2014, 09:29 AM
 
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Is it posted? You don't need permission to walk onto land here that's not posted.
Can't tell from 5 hours away. Anyways, they offered to look around. Sadly they didn't see it.

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Just saw this thread. Very cool. Are you a spotter for NWS? Was this for a study or hobby?

Will the data be posted somewhere? I'm very interested to see the sounding or raw data from it.

Do you have a twitter account? I will post this thread in the CT Weather thread as well.

Good luck finding it.
Nope, just did it as a hobby for a HAM Radio club. I can give you the raw data but it's mostly just coordinates, internal temp, and altitude.
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Old 05-24-2014, 06:30 AM
 
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Nope, just did it as a hobby for a HAM Radio club. I can give you the raw data but it's mostly just coordinates, internal temp, and altitude.
Cambium likes that sort of stuff!
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