French APRS balloon launch

A French balloon carrying an Amateur Radio APRS payload on 144.650 MHz is planned to launch around 12:30 CET on Wednesday May 27.

The balloon will be launched from Espins, Calvados.

The telemetry transmitter, Kiwi, will operate on 137.950 MHz and the APRS payload will use 144.650 MHz.

Related URL's

Radio Amateur Balloons (in French)
http://www.ballons-radioamateurs.fr/

Phaethon - the solar balloon of Vaucanson high school
http://www.vaucanson.org/actions/solaire/english/
kiwi_english.htm

RadioClub de Tours F6KCI (Google English)
http://tinyurl.com/o3gmu5

Balloon reports can be found on the RadioCom.org site at (Google English)
http://tinyurl.com/pf4q5p