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Transatlantic Amateur Radio Balloon Airborne

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The Project Blue Horizon 5 high-altitude transatlantic balloon flight launched successfully at 2030 EDST April 28 (0030 UTC April 29) from Owego, New York. Thirty minutes later the balloon had passed 23,000 feet heading northeast.

The Project Blue Horizon team is attempting to break current Amateur Radio high-altitude balloon records for distance (3361.81 miles) and duration (49 hours, 45 minut...





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    Hello gentlemen and Ladies. I have the dreaded RCI-2990 receive issue where my radio gets distorted when people get close to my location. I found the C90 Capacitor, but I can not for the life of me find the C89 capacitor. Can or does anyone have a picture of the exact location of C89 ? Thank you in advance, Wes
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    I put it in the general disscution help area and started a new thread. Thank you for letting me know.