Another
FIRST for SBARC from Dave Johnson, NF6F.
The local VirtualRadar system
is a development project by Ludovico Cavedon, N6LUD, and Levi
Maaia, K6LCM. It operates from Santa Ynez Peak, Diablo Peak,
Gravel Peak, Sulphur Peak, and San Carlos.
Bill Talanian
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Hi Bill:
Quite some time ago you sent me a link to a "Virtual
Radar" site that shows aircraft tracks generated by ADSB. I
look at it now and then, and happened to do so this
morning.
I
zoomed out and noticed a highly unusual track over
Arizona. Investigating, I noticed that it had a very high
altitude (60k+) and slow groundspeed - so it had to be a
balloon. So it was. It is N105WV - the launch of a
"Stratollite" You can get more info here: https://www.worldview.space/ .Check
it out!
Update:
I looked again just now, and the object is now over NW
Arizona - about over the Grand Canyon. There is another
one that shows up as "ICARUS1" over the Petrified Forest
in Eastern AZ. Both are at around 55000 feet now.
BTW:
adding a filter to exclude anything below 50K feet clears
up the clutter remarkably.
Dave J