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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Subject:	ADSB
Date:	Wed, 22 May 2019 15:16:08 -0500
From:	DAVID JOHNSON <avlstrike@gmail.com>
To:	w1uuq@cox.net

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

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