Re: [sarex] Breitling-Orbiter 3

[Doug Howard - KG5OA <kg5oa@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This balloon landed in Egypt this morning (3/21/99) at 0600 GMT. Looks like
they made it!

At 08:43 AM 3/12/99 -0500, you wrote:
>	For those who might be interested  or those following the
>Breitling-Orbiter 3 Non Stop Balloon Flight around the world at:  
>http://www.breitling-orbiter.ch    they list satellite communications being
>handled by IMMARSAT data transmission systems and also comm by HF and VHF. 
>Does anyone know what HF/VHF frequencies they are using?  They are now over
>the Pacific Ocean SE of Japan with plans to join a jet stream taking them 
>possibly to California area   or a jet stream that would take them towards
>Mexico.  Farrell, W8ZCF, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA..
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