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Anyone want to double-up on a GPSL flight?
Zack Clobes W0ZC
Looks like I'll be solo again this year. If someone wants to split a balloon/gas, I can provide the rest (trackers, parachute, regulator, rigging, etc). Join us on Facebook for the latest information: Project: Traveler is a research project of Custom Digital Services, LLC.
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Re: Anyone want to double-up on a GPSL flight?
L. Paul Verhage KD4STH
I will double up with you. I can bring a balloon. I will launch another balloon with Mike.
On Sun, May 12, 2019, 8:48 PM Zack Clobes W0ZC <zclobes@...> wrote:
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Re: GPSL 2019 Hydrogen Available for Purchase
Joe WB9SBD
Where are you getting your H2
from,
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Last I bought was 29 bucks and checked 2 weeks ago. Joe WB9SBD
On 5/12/2019 9:46 PM, Zack Clobes W0ZC
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TinyTrak3 programming
Michael
Hi all,
I'm programming up my TinyTrak3 for GPSL2019. For a balloon, is it better to use regular APRS encoding or Mic-E? In the TinyTrak programming I see that you can select different MIC-E WIDE-X paths. Anyone have any input? See you in a month or so! Mike KD0MEQ MOHAB
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Re: TinyTrak3 programming
L. Paul Verhage KD4STH
I only use APRS, I never use MIC-E,
On Mon, May 13, 2019, 7:45 AM Michael <moody.michael@...> wrote: Hi all,
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Re: TinyTrak3 programming
Mike, n0mpm
I like regular aprs...if my mapping pgm goes kaput, I can see lat/long in the raw packets...
mike
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Speaking of tracker programming...
Michael Hojnowski
Hey Gang,
Do we have plans afoot for time slots on APRS for the GPSL launch? Mike / KD2EAT
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Re: Time Slots
Mike, n0mpm
Not yet...so far I only know of 2 groups planning to fly... As I get more info on who plans to fly on Saturday, I will start planning time slots...
Looking forward to seeing you in June! mike
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50th Anniversary Lunar Landing Flights
Sorry that conflicts prevent us from coming to Pella this June. However, I want to invite members of the ARHAB community to consider conducting a high balloon flight on July 20 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of man landing on the Moon. BASE is planning on launching a payload containing about 50 small (30 grams or less) objects submitted by the public and in compliance with the FAR regulations for a trip to near space. Ideally, we will recover and return the objects to their owners after the flight. Howard, KC9QBN BASE_DePauw -- Howard L. Brooks Professor of Physics and Astronomy 241 Julian Science and Mathematics Center DePauw University 602 S. College Street Greencastle, IN 46135 hlbrooks@... Office: (765) 658-4653 FAX: (765) 658-4732
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Re: Time Slots
Michael
MOHAB
Mike KD0MEQ and John KE0UIU Flying a TinyTrak at :55 Paul V. will also have a payload on our string. He will email you his timeslot.
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Group/Balloon Registration
Zack Clobes W0ZC
I didn’t get the SuperLaunch website updated this week with this link, but you can register your balloon now for GPSL. We will begin posting time slots soon. Zack Clobes, W0ZC Project: Traveler
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Wanted: Payload recovery team for GPSL
Michael Hojnowski
Gang,
I'm intending to reprise a launch of the payload we launched at Cornell a few weeks back. It features a DTMF triggered secondary payload release (the last one was a little Cornell Big Red Bear) with Parachute and tracker. We attempted to release it at 90,000 feet but our DTMF decoder didn't quite get the message. A failsafe dropped the bear from 95,000 feet. Unfortunately, the Bear got a little waterlogged prior to flight (it was drizzling rain) and fell faster than predicted right into Cayuga lake. It's sleepin' with the fishes. I want to make another attempt with a, hopefully, better outcome. Since the dropped payload follows its own trajectory, I would need to have a second team attempt to recover that payload while I chase down the main payload package. If anyone is free to chase the drop payload, I'd love the help. It's not going to be especially valuable, just a tracker and some token item on a hand-made parachute, so I won't cry if it goes unrecovered. If interested, please let me know! Mike / KD2EAT Advisor, Amateur Radio Club at Cornell
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WB8ELK on QSO Today
Mike, n0mpm
Be sure to listen to the latest QSO Today podcast #250 for Bill Brown, WB8ELK. Great hour interview on his journey in HAB..
www.qsotoday.com 73, mike
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Re: Wanted: Payload recovery team for GPSL
Nick
Mike,
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When you say a "tracker" can we assume that includes a GPS, APRS processor like a TinyTrack3, a transmitter of some power (we chased a 50 mw transmitter once that was a giant waste of time), and a reasonable antenna and that the package has flown before and/or had a reasonable amount of testing? Would you consider chasing and recovering the secondary and let another group chase and recovery the main payload? Nick EOSS
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From: GPSL@groups.io [mailto:GPSL@groups.io] On Behalf Of Michael Hojnowski Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2019 20:33 To: GPSL@groups.io Subject: [GPSL] Wanted: Payload recovery team for GPSL Gang, I'm intending to reprise a launch of the payload we launched at Cornell a few weeks back. It features a DTMF triggered secondary payload release (the last one was a little Cornell Big Red Bear) with Parachute and tracker. We attempted to release it at 90,000 feet but our DTMF decoder didn't quite get the message. A failsafe dropped the bear from 95,000 feet. Unfortunately, the Bear got a little waterlogged prior to flight (it was drizzling rain) and fell faster than predicted right into Cayuga lake. It's sleepin' with the fishes. I want to make another attempt with a, hopefully, better outcome. Since the dropped payload follows its own trajectory, I would need to have a second team attempt to recover that payload while I chase down the main payload package. If anyone is free to chase the drop payload, I'd love the help. It's not going to be especially valuable, just a tracker and some token item on a hand-made parachute, so I won't cry if it goes unrecovered. If interested, please let me know! Mike / KD2EAT Advisor, Amateur Radio Club at Cornell
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W5KUB-3 launched from Dayton passing slowly over Long Island at 11:51 AM EDT
Hank Riley
I guess it's a pico balloon. Or it's a perfect floater. Consistently been doing 30 MPH. Lined up perfectly for a grand tour of Long Island. Passed right over Manhattan with laser precision. Launched earlier this morning from Dayton. W5KUB also doing live streaming high quality video/audio at W5KUB.com
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Re: WB8ELK on QSO Today
Christopher Rose
Never heard of QSO. Thanks Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message -------- From: "Mike, n0mpm" <morgamp52@...> Date: 5/19/19 9:22 AM (GMT-05:00) To: GPSL@groups.io Subject: [GPSL] WB8ELK on QSO Today www.qsotoday.com 73, mike
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Re: W5KUB-3 launched from Dayton passing slowly over Long Island at 11:51 AM EDT
Hank Riley
Launched earlier this morning from Dayton. W5KUB also doing live streaming high quality video/audio of Dayton at W5KUB.com
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Re: W5KUB-3 launched from Dayton passing slowly over Long Island at 11:51 AM EDT
Hank Riley
A nice compact little squad of four pico balloons just passed Nantucket Island. Traveling with speeds now in excess of 40 MPH. W5KUB-3 trailing those of the Dayton Amateur Radio Association's trio of W8BI-11, W8BI-12, and W8BI-13. KUB, BI-12, and BI-13 remarkably close together after the distance traveled so far.
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Re: Wanted: Payload recovery team for GPSL
Michael Hojnowski
Nick,
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The flight will have three identical trackers. They're all APRS "Peach" trackers, originally designed by Alan Adamson, W7QO, though built by me and some Cornell students. They're running with 1/4 wave dipole antennas and measured at about 15mw. I've flown 12 of my own payloads with these trackers, and assisted in a half dozen other flights with them. I've never lost a flight using these trackers, aside from that last drop payload that ended up in a lake. That said, they're 15mW. It takes skill to track and recover them. It's usually advisable to have someone near the predicted landing zone as it descends. If they're in a tree, you'll hear them easily a mile away. If they're on the ground, it could be 1/4 mile or less, depending on terrain. On one recovery, I had to unsquelch my radio and listen for squawks and driving around doing crude "rdf" until they were loud and clear enough to decode. I know I'm a whacko, but in my opinion, that adds to the fun and challenge of the payload fox hunt. Since the payloads belong to me, I can take that chance. For other groups, we usually supplement with a SPOT or something. I'd prefer to chase my main payload, since it'll have hundreds of dollars of additional electronics on it. I wouldn't want to put the "declared lost" responsibility on anyone but myself. The drop payload I'm requesting help for will just be the stuffed animal with a tracker, which costs me about $50 to build. If we can't find it, "oh well". I'll spend more than that on gasoline on the chase day. Anyway, the payload I'm requesting help for is simply a fun and silly little experiment. No harm, no foul if lost, or if people aren't interested in chasing it. I can always backtrack to look for it after my main payload recovery. Mike
On 5/19/2019 9:46 AM, Nick wrote:
Mike,
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Re: Wanted: Payload recovery team for GPSL
Garrett, Mark
Michael: Just catching up on emails after meeting you at Hamvention. What kind of tracking device are you going with for the bear?
On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 9:32 PM Michael Hojnowski <kd2eat@...> wrote: Gang, --
Mark Garrett Tri States Public Radio
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