drpepper2litre
drpepper2litre t1_j8uiula wrote
Reply to comment by mrfoof82 in RCMP call off search for object shot down over Lake Huron by Neo2199
Heck yeah! Thanks.
drpepper2litre t1_j8ugwce wrote
The one shot down over Alaska/Canada was, SURPRISE, an amateur radio balloon with a WSPR transmitter. Oops
Edit, autocorrect to swear word
drpepper2litre t1_j8wel11 wrote
Reply to comment by SpaceTabs in RCMP call off search for object shot down over Lake Huron by Neo2199
Yes, I didn't read all of this because amateur balloons operators are quite well informed of the rules.
To be clear, amateur radio balloonists do this constantly. The w5kub balloon has gone around the world 14 or 15 times.
The fault is not on the operators of the craft, but the owners of billions of dollars of tech equipment and can't find a balloon repeating its own name every 10 minutes.