ATV Balloon launch this Saturday

Bill, WB8ELK will be launching another two High Altitude Balloons this Saturday April 4th.

For all those Radio Hams that are new to ATV as well as the old timers, this is a great opportunity to observe the event live on BATC tv.

Here's Bill's plan:

"We'll probably be flying around 10:00 am CDT (1500 UTC) this Saturday.. there will be two balloons, like we did last weekend. I'll probably start the streaming video around 9:30 am CDT (1430 UTC).

73s de Bill WB8ELK"

To watch the BATC.TV Web stream go to www.batc.tv and click on "Live Event" and then watch ( what is it called HiBall ??)

Tell all your friends to tune in and watch something special.

And BATC.TV 's streaming video is superior to all other services I have seen. You can view the picture full screen and last report I had hear BATC.TV had more than 400 viewers with  no problems. Maybe there is a new bench mark for 'most viewers'.

Bill has done quite a few of these "Balloon Launches". Check out his web page www.wb8elk.com 

I remember the photos of the foil potato chip bag, that was part of the payload taken aloft, bursting at at a particular altitude, dumping the chips on camera. Barbecue if my memory serves me.

You will see the view of the (Color) camera looking at the earth as the balloon carrying the ATV transmitter ascends it (30?90? thousand feet??) Transmitting on (434???MHz)

The launch will be located at ???? Expect Fantastic Pictures!

Bill knows what he is doing and I am sure he will give us something interesting to watch. Be sure to tell all your friends to watch this Saturday.

73 Ian, G3ZHI