Hello Rod, Thanks for the heads up.    Looks like I am going to help out with their launch tomorrow am.   Sounds like they had some issues that precluded a flight this morning.

best regards,

- Mark ng0x

--- On Sat, 8/13/11, rod@sbatv.org rfritz@merida.sbcoxmail.com wrote:

From: rod@sbatv.org rfritz@merida.sbcoxmail.com Subject: Tune into Mike's Balloon Launch Today around 8:30am, aka HappyCapsule... To: sbarc-list@lists.netlojix.com Cc: kmcaviezel@yahoo.com, jrivera@SBNATURE2.ORG, "'Blanca Garcia'" bgarcia_sb@yahoo.com, wb8elk@aol.com, ajsoenke@aol.com, aseybold@andrewseybold.com, bgordon@rain.org, cyrillj@verizon.net, "Darryl Widman" auditron@juno.com, "Dave Jacobs" k9kbx@hotmail.com, K6QD@cox.net, "Ken Owen" n6kth@n6kth.com, rickwhtr@cox.net, rod@sbatv.org, rpizzi@physics.ucsb.edu, tsaund@cox.net, w1uuq@cox.net Date: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 1:46 AM

Hello SBARC Balloon Trackers,  It’s time for another local balloon launch…  One of Santa Barbara’s own, Mike Bales KI6VBK and friends are launching a balloon with Amateur Radio on board Saturday morning (today) at about 8:30am.  Surf to www.happycapsule.com for the latest pre-launch info.  At last report, they were planning to launch from somewhere near Ojai.  As things can shift weather-wise, there could be a last-minute launch change, so check the website if there’s any question.  The easiest way to track the flight is to monitor KD0PFN* on www.aprs.fi.  We wish Mike and the HappyCapsule group great success in their launch, flight, tracking and recovery.  Up, up and away!  Rod Fritz, WB9KMOrod@sbatv.org