[WARC] Balloon w/ amateur payload

[Russell Marsolek]

He showed up on my APRS station screen here in Winona MN. He started out
about 127 degrees from here, at about 80  miles. Over 1200 packets were
received from him! Many through W0NE as well as N0QK-1.

Photos of my screen prints were taken as well, if anyone would like them
sent to them.

RLM

Challenger Long Wing II
N1341

Russell Marsolek
1176 West 5th. St.
Winona, MN 55987

Phone 507-452-6888
Email rmarsole at luminet.net <mailto:rmarsole at luminet.net>
Web www.hbci.com/~rmarsole/ <http://www.hbci.com/~rmarsole/>




-----Original Message-----
From: warc-bounces at lists.w0ne.org [mailto:warc-bounces at lists.w0ne.org]On
Behalf Of Tom Peterson
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:27 PM
To: Winona Amateur Radio Club general discussion
Subject: Re: [WARC] Balloon w/ amateur payload


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.
>
> Clare
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> On Tuesday 23 October 2007 07:07 am, Russell Marsolek wrote:
>
>> 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!
>>
>> RLM
>>
>> Challenger Long Wing II
>> N1341
>>
>> Russell Marsolek
>> 1176 West 5th. St.
>> Winona, MN 55987
>>
>> Phone 507-452-6888
>> Email rmarsole at luminet.net <mailto:rmarsole at luminet.net>
>> Web www.hbci.com/~rmarsole/ <http://www.hbci.com/~rmarsole/>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----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
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Launch Time: 8:30AM CDT
>>
>> Flight Duration: 3 to 4 hours
>>
>> Payload Contents RF:
>>
>> ALL SIGNALS WILL BE VERTICALLY POLARIZED.
>>
>> APRS on 144.39 Standard APRS format, 300 mw vertically polarized. Call
>> WB9FDZ-11
>>
>> Cross-Band Repeater, Standard NBFM Mode, 144MHz/440MHz 3 watts
>> vertically polarized.
>> Cross-Band Repeater Frequencies:
>> Up-Link 144.320MHz Down-Link 439.250MHz.
>>
>> 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"
>>
>>
>>
>> More info at http://www.dzsp.org/nss.html
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