[WARC] Balloon w/ amateur payload

[Tom Peterson]

The word I got was that it had a problem with the GPS/APRS system.  The 
ground crew used the onboard ATV to identify location by trying to ID 
town and lakes from the air.  I was told that it came down by 
Milwaukee.  I did catch a small bit of activity on the 70CM downlink 
around 11:30 this morning, but wasn't able to copy enough to try working 
them.  Jim, W9UUM tells me that he was able to work them and I want to 
say he told me that was around 9AM.


Clare Jarvis wrote:
> I looked it up on Jim's website and I don't think it has moved.
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> Clare
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> On Tuesday 23 October 2007 07:07 am, Russell Marsolek wrote:
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>> I hooked up the beam to my APRS to see if I can pick it up at all. Sure
>> wish that the liftoff would have been on Saturday. I would have liked to
>> have either flown or drove to the event!
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>> RLM
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>> Russell Marsolek
>> 1176 West 5th. St.
>> Winona, MN 55987
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>> Phone 507-452-6888
>> Email rmarsole at luminet.net <mailto:rmarsole at luminet.net>
>> Web www.hbci.com/~rmarsole/ <http://www.hbci.com/~rmarsole/>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: warc-bounces at lists.w0ne.org [mailto:warc-bounces at lists.w0ne.org]On
>> Behalf Of Tom Peterson
>> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 8:55 PM
>> To: Winona Amateur Radio Club general discussion
>> Subject: [WARC] Balloon w/ amateur payload
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>> Flight Description:
>> A cross band repeater, APRS system, and FULL COLOR ATV system.
>>
>> This mission is the culmination of a whole month long series of
>> activities in Richland Center, Wisconsin.
>> Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, and in effect
>> the first 50 years of space flight!
>> Teachers & Students from all over southern Wisconsin are scheduled to
>> attend this final day of activities,
>> Known as the "Richland Space “Fare” Featuring Honored Guest Astronaut
>> Mark Lee at the Richland Center High School.
>>
>> Join Richland area students (estimated attendance is close to 1000
>> students and their teachers) in welcoming
>> Mark Lee, a Viroqua native and veteran of four space flights. This event
>> is also open to the public.
>>
>> Festivities begin with a high altitude balloon launch by “Near Space
>> Sciences”, student exhibits,
>> and a special presentation by Mark Lee.
>> Lee is a former NASA Astronaut and resident of Southwest Wisconsin.
>>
>> Launch Date: October 23, 2007
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>> Launch Time: 8:30AM CDT
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>> Flight Duration: 3 to 4 hours
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>> Payload Contents RF:
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>> ALL SIGNALS WILL BE VERTICALLY POLARIZED.
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>> APRS on 144.39 Standard APRS format, 300 mw vertically polarized. Call
>> WB9FDZ-11
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>> Cross-Band Repeater, Standard NBFM Mode, 144MHz/440MHz 3 watts
>> vertically polarized.
>> Cross-Band Repeater Frequencies:
>> Up-Link 144.320MHz Down-Link 439.250MHz.
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>> Color Amateur Television. Vertically polarized, 439.250 MHz.
>> This will also have our mirror system where we will be able to change
>> the view from the payload. From down to the Earth, to out on the
>> horizon, to even up to look at the balloon.
>>
>> Local Repeater coverage, at the launch site, The Richland center
>> Repeater 146.91 (-600) PL 131.8
>> Chase & Recovery Repeater, The Yellow Thunder ARC Repeater 147.315
>> (+600) PL 123.0
>>
>> We will also be broadcasting "Live" on the internet the audio from both
>> the payload as well as the local launch site, and chase and recovery
>> repeaters. For anyone to listen to. We will be using "Shoutcast"
>>
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>> More info at http://www.dzsp.org/nss.html
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