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ARRL Letter
ARRL Letter
June 3, 2005 - University students' first Amateur Radio balloon mission a success UTARC UX-1
EECS NEWS
EECS NEWS
April 27, 2022 - Amateur Radio Club Reaches New Heights with Balloon Launch
Groups.io
Groups.io
October 21, 2007 - UTARC UX-18
December 1, 2007 - UX-19 monitoring report
April 20, 2022 - Launch from Tampe-Allen observatory in Harriman
Ham.se
Ham.se
January 2, 2006 - UX-5 tracking request
TNHAM
TNHAM
December 6, 2005 - UX-4 2nd attempt scheduled for 12/10/05
December 29, 2005 - UX-5 balloon launch Saturday, December 31
January 22, 2006 - Need help in Upper East TN to find UX-6
April 3, 2006 - UTARC Balloon Payload UX-7 recovered
N0CB Blog - Spinning & Grinning
N0CB Blog - Spinning & Grinning
December 30, 2005 - UX-5 Balloon Launch Saturday, December 31
Monitoring Time
Monitoring Time
June 2008 - UX8 Hamfests and Moon Pies in the Sky
K4HSM Blog
K4HSM Blog
June 15, 2008 - Followup to hamfest activity UX-24
QRZ
QRZ
May 29, 2007 - UTARC UX-14 Launch at RACK Hamfest
November 5, 2007 - 10 MHz Amateur Radio balloon to cross the Atlantic
SPIRIT OF KNOXVILLE BALLOON LAUNCH
SPIRIT OF KNOXVILLE BALLOON LAUNCH
Spirit of Knoxville on The WayBack Machine
December 1, 2007 - Spirit of Knoxville 1 Launch Announcement
December 31, 2007 - Spirit of Knoxville 2 Launch Announcement
January 3, 2008 - Pre-launch Notice - UTARC balloon Launch 10:00 PM tonight (1/3/08)
January 14, 2008 - Spirit of Knoxville 3 Launch Announcement
March 9, 2008 - Pre-Launch Notice for Spirit of Knoxville IV Balloon
March 11, 2008 - Spirit of Knoxville IV Launch Announcement
March 12, 2008 - ZDNET Trans-atlantic balloon attempt survives the night
March 14, 2008 - ARRL article announcing launch
March 14, 2008 - Signal Reception by M0UKD
March 14, 2008 - SNOX IV Mission Complete announcement
The Spirit of Knoxville IV Flight was successful in crossing 90% the Atlantic Ocean and setting two world records. It took off from Knoxville, TN on March 10 2008 at 02:45 UTC, flew for 40 hours, and landed on March 11 2008 at 19:10 UTC. It was the first amateur zero-pressure balloon to stay in the air long enough to see two sunrises and sunsets. The flight demonstrated that it is possible to complete an amateur Trans-Atlantic crossing as it splashed down in the North Atlantic Ocean, just 300 miles from Ireland, at a great circle distance of 3360 miles from launch.
This effort was only possible due to the amazing commitment of the amateur scientists and radio operators involved. This challenge was undertaken to expand the boundaries of citizen science, and in that spirit, we release our research and would like to work with others in the effort to make it all the way across the ocean soon.
April 2008 - Quinte Amateur Radio Club announcement
April 4, 2008 - SNOX V Launch Announcement
April 6, 2008 - SNOX V lost northeast of Bristol
June 15, 2008 - K4HSM blog - UX-24
December 15, 2011 - Mention in K4HSM blog - we made it to 300 miles off the coast of Ireland!
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