Sept. 1..I looked at where the morning weather balloon had landed and it was in a strawberry field
in town about 5 miles away so I headed out there. At first I thought it had already
been found but I drove down the road a bit and there it was laying on the plastic
and parachute in the parking area for the tractors.
Grabed it all and headed home. Very easy and cool my first one....
Loaded the coordinates in my app, grabbed my HT and headed that way. Started hearing the sonde and as
I turned a corner there was the parachute laying off the road about 10'. The sonde was 20' away in some
weeds. Gathered everything up and tried to report the find but no cell service. Waited till I got
down the road a bit then reported my second find in two days. Cool beans........
MY GIZMO BOX
This is not a ham radio thing. It's for my Geocaching hobby where I go by the name
Rosco Bookbinder. People come by and answer some questions, flip the switches, light the lights
that show numbers to the final coordinates to a hidden cache.
It's just for fun and something different. I want to thank Perry WB7NIL and Eric N0NQU
(Sorry Eric I called you Cliff in the vid)for their help on wiring the switches. That was a bit beyond me but
with their help it all worked out great. Click the pic below for a short video on my project....
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
McMinnville, Oregon Slide Show
Slide Show---Captains Video---My Story
If The Sun Had Of Stayed In One Place
It Would Have Been Easier To Take Them
Slide Show---The Trip
On Labor Day 9-4-17 I drove up the hill with camera and sun filter
ready to take video of ISS crossing the sun.
As luck would have it we had clouds and it was iffy but I hung out till the predicted time.
The clouds parted just a bit, some still crossing but I did get the video.
With this pass only .66 seconds in front of the sun it was a blur for sure.
If you look close about 3 seconds into the video
you will see ISS coming from around 11:30 down to 7. And this is at half speed...
Also got some nice sun spots in the video.
AFB and from time to time I go out to watch one of the rocket launches.
Here is a short video I took of a Falcon 9 SpaceX launch on May 22, 2018.
And The Best Part Is A Week Later I Drove Four Hours Down
To Long Beach And Saw The First Stage From The Launch Sitting On The Barge
I modified the smoker my brother and I made and added a Rotisserie
Click The Picture For A One Minute Video Of My Project
Click The Picture For A Video Of My Pinstriping
Cameras And Transponders From Ritzville Wa
Click The Picture For A Video Of Their Fantastic Accomplishment
Track Airplanes With FlightAware
Report Your Weather World Wide
I Do Geocaching Also
Please Visit My Good Friend KA7FVV's Web Page. Scott Has Put A Lot Of Time And Work Into It
Write To Me-John KD7AAT