ANNONCE BALLON UK SKYBLUE1 & RTLS1 le 25 juin 2016

All being well, a school team will be launching their balloon from here on Saturday about 11am.  As well as their tracker, I'm adding one of my trackers partly as a backup but mainly so I can test some new code.

The school's tracker (SKYBLUE1) is an NTX2 doing RTTY.

My tracker is RTLS1, using LoRa only.  The telemetry has quite a few sensor values plus a landing predictor and other stuff, so the sentence is quite long, but with the relatively high data rate the update speed is better than 1Hz.  The hardware is an original Pi Zero with a prototype PitsZero board plus BME280 (temperature/pressure/humidity) and LSM303 (3-axis compass/accelerometer).

Predicted burst is 35km and predicted landing is 15 miles or so west of here, so an easy chase if we can avoid the Welsh hills.

Payload IDs etc are:

* SKYBLUE1 - RTTY, 434.650MHz, 550Hz shift, 50 baud 7N2 USB

* RTLS1 - LoRa, 434.450MHz, mode 1 (20.45kHz / SF6 / EC5:8, implicit header)

Dave
Source directe :  UKHAS 
From : Alan F6AGV -  BHAF - 

ANNONCES DIVERSES SEMAINE 19 au 26 juin 2016

Hi,

My Pico floater is heading to notrhern coast of UK, please monitor
434.550 MHz USB for contestia siglals :-)
APRS and 144.251 MHz will be shut down over UK.

Tom, SP9UOB
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Well, due to bug in code (one flag is ignored) APRS will not shut down :-(
Apologize for that.

But Contestia 32/1000 should be on 434.550 MHz USB

Tom, SP9UOB
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"APRS will not shut down"

I'm sure the world will continue to turn. Congrats on a round the world
flight ?

Anthony M0UPU
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You know what I mean, sorry for my broken english ;-)
Yeah, its looks like my balloon has circumnavigated the World, here is log
decoded from APRS packets:

2016-05-26,20:09:15,50.269569,18.651676,289
2016-05-27,15:23:32,50.269684,18.650837,266
2016-06-05,04:44:32,50.269791,18.650837,268
2016-06-05,06:44:58,50.269634,18.650835,262
2016-06-06,17:08:50,50.269688,18.650822,260
2016-06-07,04:41:04,50.269630,18.650801,265 <- Launch !
2016-06-07,06:41:07,49.794193,18.591475,6836
2016-06-07,08:42:27,48.670639,19.285706,13172
2016-06-07,10:43:41,47.776096,20.180340,13173
2016-06-07,12:43:46,46.826889,21.060722,13244
2016-06-07,14:44:17,45.895535,21.893276,13250
2016-06-07,16:45:18,45.185631,22.610518,13175
2016-06-18,12:02:32,51.233833,-101.970230,13418
2016-06-18,14:03:31,51.558517,-97.712357,13263
2016-06-18,16:03:49,51.777267,-93.604568,13397
2016-06-18,18:04:45,51.742779,-89.495956,13461
2016-06-18,20:06:06,51.763165,-85.872734,13511
2016-06-18,22:06:30,51.796940,-82.103966,13471
2016-06-19,00:07:06,51.415382,-78.382156,13466
2016-06-21,05:55:24,54.374611,-10.110554,12970
2016-06-21,07:56:39,55.375622,-6.965168,12990

Solar boost converter is broken and it doesnt start at every sunrise.

UPU: Can You monitor 144.251 MHz USB? It should be transmitting contestia
32/1000 every minute.

Tom, SP9UOB.

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When:
Wed, 22 June, 09:00 – 13:00

Where:
North Devon Athletics Track, Braunton, North Devon (lat: 51.102893 lon: -4.15239) (map)

Description:
Project: Caen HAB Project
Group: Pi, Code and Chips
Location: North Devon Athletics Track, Braunton, North Devon (lat: 51.102893 lon: -4.15239)

Payloads:
CAEN_CP1
434.25MHz USB RTTY 300 baud 910Hz shift ASCII-8 no parity 2 stop bits.

Weather dependent of course.

----------------------------------------------------

Unfortunately the flight of BENNY_1 announced on the Habhub calendar has had to be cancelled due to a landing uncomfortably close to the North Sea.

Apologies
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Hi Folks,

We are slowly getting a talks lined up for the conference but still have several slots left.

What subject would people like to see talks/demonstrations on? - it can be anything from basics to advanced topics, as we like to have a spread of subject matter.  Something for everyone.

Alternatively if you would like to give a specific talk then drop Daniel or myself a line.

If you haven’t already signed up you can do so here:

https://ukhas.org.uk/general:ukhasconference2016
<https://ukhas.org.uk/general:ukhasconference2016>

Steve  G8KHW

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Just a quick note/reminder that it's not easy to track a flight if the published frequency is wrong.

Also, if you have a flight planned, please check the published frequencies for other flights on the same day so you can avoid a conflict.  Today's UK flights both had the same published frequency (434.250MHz) so presumably neither team checked the other one.  Fortunately (in this case) one of the two was wrong and was actually on 434.650MHz.

Oh, and while I have my soapbox out, do remember to actually test your payload documents (i.e. run your tracker, decode and upload and check you're on the map (and if not, have a look at http://habitat.habhub.org/logtail/ to find out why not).  A lot of the requests for approval of flight documents have not had their payload documents tested, and the #habhub admins very understandably get a bit uppity at being asked to approve them.

Dave

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Source directe :  UKHAS
From : Alan F6AGV  - BHAF  -

AMATEUR RADIO HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOONING LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENTS au 23 juin 2016

AMATEUR RADIO HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOONING

LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENTS:

2016-06-23 @ 08:30 CDT

Two Harbors High School Agates
To Launch: Agate-01
Website: None given
APRS.FI: N0LCR-11
Telemetry: APRS: 144.390Mhz,
Site: Two Harbors High School, Two Harbors, MN USA
Coords: 47.0487, -91.6634  Grid: EN47EB
Contact: Jeffrey Nast kc0mks@gmail.com
QRZ: N0LCR
Payload: * 3 SJCam 4000 cameras * Flight Computer * Remote Temperature/Pressure sensors * APRS Radio Bug - N0LCR-11 * SPOT Locator - http://www.findmespot.com Launch may be at another location near Duluth MN if surface winds are not favorable.

2016-07-23 @ 08:30 EDT

Aether Missions
To Launch: AETHER-3
Website: None given
APRS.FI: KM4DRI-11
Telemetry: APRS: 144.390Mhz,
Site: Fisheating Creek Outpost, Palmdale, Florida, USA
Coords: 26.9397, -81.3192  Grid: EL96IW
Contact: Andres Paris andreseduardo@hotmail.com
QRZ: KM4DRI
Payload: *Trackuino APRS tracker *MS5607 barometric pressure sensor *DHT22 temperature humidity sensor *K-type thermocouple *Adafruit ultimate GPS logger shield *FONA GSM breakout board *1 Arduino UNO & 2 Arduino Mega *SPOT Personal Tracker *Canon Powershot SD880 IS *Canon Powershot S100 *GoPro Hero

2016-07-23 @ 09:00 MST

Arizona Near Space Research
To Launch: ANSR-101
Website:http://www.ansr.org, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ballooning/
APRS.FI: KA7NSR-6, KA7NSR-7
Telemetry: APRS: 144.340Mhz,Also 445.925, both digipeated to 144.39
Site: Williams HamFest, Williams, Arizona
Coords: 35.2587, -112.185  Grid: DM35VG
Contact: Bill McLean bmclean1@gmail.com
QRZ: KA7NSR
2 Cross band repeaters #1 input 146.56 CTCSS 162.2 output 445.925 #2 Input 147.56 CTCSS 89.1 Output 446.025. Live video streaming on 440 Mhz and 2.4 Ghz to ground station at HamFest.

2016-08-06 @ 07:45

Balloon Assisted Stratospheric Experiments (DePauw University)
To Launch: BASE 90
Website:http://www.depauw.edu/academics/departments-programs/physics-astronomy/department-research/base/
APRS.FI: WB8SA-11
Telemetry: APRS: 144.390Mhz,
Site: Rantoul National Aviation Center Airport-Frank Elliott Field Rantoul, IL
Coords: 40.294, -88.142  Grid: EN50WH
Contact: Howard Brooks hlbrooks@depauw.edu
QRZ: WB8SA
Flight for Space Jam 10 Boy Scout Jamboree. Will feature cross band repeater and SSTV

Visit us at http://arhab.org for more information.

Use this form to submit your launches: http://www.arhab.org/hab_launch_form.php

Good Luck!

73s -- Keith, WA0TJT 
Source directe :   ARHAB   USA
From :  Alan F6AGV  -  BHAF   -   

ALERTE RADIOSONDES sur GOOGLE PLUS

abonnez-vous sur GOOGLE et sur TWITTER !  

informez, partagez, commentez, proposez bref vivez la grande aventure des ballons avec le BHAF. 

ANNONCE BALLON UK BENNY-1 le 22 juin 2016

Wednesday, 22 June 2016

 07:30
 BENNY_1
WhenWed, 22 June, 07:30 – 11:30
WhereChorley Equestrian Centre (lat: 53.675718 lon: -2.593125) (map)
DescriptionProject: Meadowbank Primary / Marsh Green Primary
Group: Year 5/6
Location: Chorley Equestrian Centre (lat: 53.675718 lon: -2.593125)

Payloads:
BENNY_1
434.25MHz USB RTTY 300 baud 600Hz shift ASCII-8 no parity 2 stop bits
more details»  copy to my calendar



Source directe : tracker.habhub.org
From : Alan F6AGV - BHAF -

BALLONS du week-end 19 juin 2016

Source :  tracker.habhub.org       (UKHAS)
From :   Alan F6AGV  - BHAF  -   French Balloons 

ANNONCE BALLON UK ID IBMICL Sentinel1 le dimanche 19 juin 2016

Hi!

We're a group of Imperial College students, sending our first payload up with a 1600g Hwoyee balloon tomorrow (Sunday 18/06/2016). Unfortunately, our first launch try a few days ago, ended in vein as our supplier delivered the needed helium to the wrong address, twice (on two separate occasions). Thank you to all who were helping us listen and we’re sorry that our launch didn’t take place for such a disappointing reason. If you would be so kind as to help us track it again, we will be launching tomorrow from Churchill college in Cambridge at approximately 11:00 am. We would appreciate any help in tracking our payload, there'll be LORA 868 and 434, as well as RTTY 434 to listen to.

Payload details:

Payload ID IBMICLSentinel, RTTY, 434.250MHz, 850Hz shift, 300 baud, 8 N 2, SSDV and telemetry.

Payload ID Sky1LoRa, LoRa, 869.850MHz, "Mode 1" Implicit mode, Error coding 4:5, Bandwidth 20.8kHz, SF 6, Low data rate optimize off SSDV and telemetry.

Payload ID Sky2LoRa, LoRa, 434.750MHz, "Mode 1" Implicit mode, Error coding 4:5, Bandwidth 20.8kHz, SF 6, Low data rate optimize off SSDV and telemetry. Every 30 seconds Sky2LoRa listens for incoming transmissions for 10 seconds.

We're also hoping we'll be able to transmit tweets up to our payload for display on the on-board screen. So if you want your tweets to show up high above the clouds then please tweet us at @IBMICLSentinel with #tospace followed by your message, alternatively tweet us #gethelp to get a list of commands back!

Many thanks from the Project Edge Team!

Source UKHAS
from : Alan F6AGV - BHAF  - 

BALLON F-2 le 15 juin 2016

A suivre,
Source directe :    tracker.habhub.org
From :  Alan f6agv  -  BHAF

ANNONCE BALLON UK PICO F-2 le 15 juin 2016 from CANEWDON

Hi all,

I plan to try a launch tomorrow early evening ish between 17.00 / 19.00 .. Wednesday 15th.. Its a pico set up which is only battery powered but should last at least 48 hours. The transmitter will shut down after a short transmission which will be three times per hour, it should transmit dead on the hour and then 20 minutes past then 20 minutes too, there are no pips or tones between these transmissions but there maybe a short single tone of 15 seconds before it transmits 4 lines of data. If anyone does track and they have a time sync on their computer it would be nice to know how accurate the transmissions are..

launch is from Canewdon Essex

Call Sign : F-2
frequency : 434.070
Baud : 50
shift : 450 ish
bits : 8
Stop : 2

Many thanks

Michael
Source directe : UKHAS
From : Alan F6AGV - BHAF -

ANNONCE BALLON UK ID IBMICL le 15 juin 2016 Churchill

Hi!

We're a group of Imperial College students, sending our first payload up with a  1600g Hwoyee balloon tomorrow (15/06/2016). We would appreciate any help in tracking our payload There'll be LORA 868 and 434, as well as RTTY 434 to listen to. We will be launching our payload from Churchill College tomorrow at approximately 11:00 am.

Payload details:

Payload ID IBMICLSentinel, RTTY, 434.250MHz, 850Hz shift, 300 baud, 8 N 2, SSDV and telemetry.

Payload ID Sky1LoRa, LoRa, 869.850MHz, "Mode 1" Implicit mode, Error coding 4:5, Bandwidth 20.8kHz,  SF 6, Low data rate optimize off SSDV and telemetry.

Payload ID Sky2LoRa, LoRa, 434.750MHz, "Mode 1" Implicit mode, Error coding 4:5, Bandwidth 20.8kHz,  SF 6, Low data rate optimize off SSDV and telemetry. Every 30 seconds Sky2LoRa listens for incoming transmissions for 10 seconds.

We are also hoping we will be able to transmit tweets up to our payload for display on the onboard screen. So if you want your tweets to show up high above the clouds then please tweet us at @IBMICLSentinel with #tospace followed by your message, alternatively tweet us #gethelp to get a list of commands back!

Many thanks from the Project Edge Team!

----------------------------------------------------------
Is the LoRa upload for the tweets?
----------------------------------------------------------
Yes it is
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Cool.  Hope it works.  I've not flown that code yet (not that I expect
issues as it's worked well in testing).

Dave
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Thank you very much. Please tweet us and hopefully you can see your message in space!
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Source directe :  UKHAS
From  :  Alan F6AGV  - BHAF -

BALLON BARNABY LAUNCH le 10 juin 2016 depuis Welshpool

Hi all

While I'm still functioning (its been a long and exciting day!) - I just thought i'd take a moment to pop on and say a big thank you to everyone who tracked the Barnaby Launch from Welshpool today - we were even picked up in Holland (PE2BZ, I believe, and DutchBillMT?)

This was far from our first launch, but this was the first one with the Habduino on it, and so a lot was riding on it! - Thats why I went overboard and got it on the RSGB news, and southgate etc..

However...it paid off in droves, we got all the data we wanted, we got near real-time positioning, all in all it worked better than we imagined - I think its fair to say we'll be using it again!

I monitored from setup for about 90 minutes from the launch site, I was using an 817 with just a cheap 2/70 mini whip..and tbh, I got a useable signal the entire time, I couldnt upload all the time, as the phone signal wasn't brilliant!

And while were up there, we also stuck a copy of Oxygene to the craft...If you weren't aware, Oxygene is 40 this year, and JMJ is planning to produce a book, and wants pictures and artwork - so I took the opportunity, and it seems to have paid off pretty well!

73

Mark
Source directe : UKHAS
From : Alan F6AGV -BHAF-

ARISS le 13 juin 2016 CANADA

Ham TV experiment

An ARISS contact is scheduled Monday 13 June 2016 at 15:19 UTC for a school in Canada.

Astronaut Tim Peake announced his intend to use the Ham Video transmitter.

The contact will be established per telebridge, provided by VK4KHZ, located in Queensland, Australia.

VK4KHZ is operational for Ham Video reception and will stream the signals to the BATC server in UK.

Interested parties are invited to view the video live:

batc.tv > ISS > VK4KHZ > View stream

Reception is expected during 2-3 minutes.

Good luck!

Gaston Bertels - ON4WF
ARISS past chairman
Source directe :   ON4WF - ARISS
From : Alain F6AGV - BHAF -

ANNONCE BALLON DL BERLIN DK0TU-11 le 11 juin 2016

Hi,

Thomas KT5TK and I are going to launch a balloon on Saturday here in Berlin. It will be a 250g-Latex Balloon which we attempt to let float.
I have no idea if it works or not. We will see...

We will attach one of our Pecan Pico 7b SSDV tracker to the balloon.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwzVllHCGu5FSUQ0X2k4bnFJR0E

Callsign: DK0TU-11
Launch Site: Berlin
Launch Time: June 11th 2016 - 15:30 UTC (17:30 local)
Expected runtime: at least 2 days, maybe 4 days
Tracker weight: 48g (with batteries)

We will do Normal APRS every Minute but also our Special APRS/SSDV transmission. We run a special Software which picks up the packets from the APRS-IS and send them to Habhub. The APRS/SSDV packet is based on the original SSDV format, but we removed the Sync byte, CRC and FEC since we don't need it in an AX.25 frame which already contains a CRC. The packet is also base91 encoded since some characters collide with the APRS specification.

144.800 MHz Normal APRS (Cycle 1min)
144.800 MHz SSDV/APRS 1k2 (resolution QVGA, low duty cycle, ~1 picture every 30min)
144.860 MHz SSDV/APRS 9k6 (resolution VGA, packets sent twice, ~1 picture every 2min)

For 9k6 APRS/SSDV receiption there are two options of sending them to Habhub/ receiving the packets:

1. Use a ordinary 9k6 TNC and software which igates the packets to the APRS-IS. We can pick up the packets from the APRS-IS and send them to Habhub.
IMPORTANT: The image packets have a special flag (User defined, experimental) We know some programs which don't relay "User defined"-packets to the APRS-IS. Unfortunately this includes Xastir. I recommend Direwolf.

2. I've written a software for Windows which can Igate the received packets to Habhub directly without using the APRS-IS. It's based on rtl_sdr (Demodulation) and Direwolf (APRS Decoder) which can be used with an RTL SDR. I've written a short description how to use it on Github. The binaries can be downloaded here: dl7ad.de/aprs_ssdv_decoder.zip
Github: https://github.com/DL7AD/aprs_ssdv_decoder
Please send me a mail, if there are bugs.

All pictures will be displayed on the SSDV page: http://ssdv.habhub.org


Thomas and I are not going to retrieve the balloon immediately (if it goes down) since the balloon is part of an exhibition here in Berlin (Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, eng. Long night of science) an we probably have a lot of visitors, so we can't leave. We might do a rescue operation on Sunday. If there's someone here in Berlin who want to take place at the Launch:

Address: Strasse des 17. Juni 137 (TU-Berlin Hauptgebaeude)
Go up to 9th floor. Look for "Amateurfunk" signs.
There's an entry fee to this exhibition. If you enter the building early enough you might avoid the fee (14€, Students 9€). :P

Float Prediction: http://predict.habhub.org/#!/uuid=a811cd0274c5796f23db1c97030553e455d0e918
Burst Prediction: http://predict.habhub.org/#!/uuid=2bafdb94bfa63d98cf3a7acf696dec03dd694045


Regards Sven
Source directe :  UKHAS
From : Alan F6AGV  -  BHAF  -

HABDUINO V4 : des liens

http://www.habduino.org/

https://github.com/HABduino/HABduino

https://store.uputronics.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=57

http://www.daveakerman.com/?p=1345

https://balloonnews.wordpress.com/2013/08/11/habduino-off-the-shelf-radio-tracker-completes-test-flight/

https://balloonnews.wordpress.com/2013/10/28/habists-give-the-habduino-radio-tracker-the-thumbs-up/

http://hab.hampson.net.au/?p=441

http://alerte-radiosondes.blogspot.fr/2014/11/ballons-habduino-buzz-et-pisky-le.html

http://blogzs1jen.dyndns.org:83/habduino-for-the-arhab-experiment/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6n-ZvxE2iIhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ukhas/TCwFiMy2OPU

After I got a PITS board on the Habitat map I am now try to get my HABduino on the map...
something I was never able to do. If there are any HABduino owners out there then can
 I ask if the settings for the HABduino on Dlfldigi (found under DL client: All payload testing) are correct.
Under the settings I cannot seem to get the set of two red bars over the red lines of the waterfall.
 Is the shift slightly out on the settings?

The settings are
custom shift 500
baud rate 50
8 (ascii) bits per character
none parity
2 stop bits
receive 68
auto crlf after 72 characters
RX  TX ticked
Many Thanks M6LZY

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ukhas/I9O5iBiiDYY

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ukhas/TCwFiMy2OPU

http://x-f.lv/dev/habitat-graphs/payload/BARNABY#d

http://x-f.lv/dev/habitat-graphs/payload/HABDUINO/b9bbfb504f616a830ce20fbee997b4b4

http://hab.hampson.net.au/?tag=habduino

http://www.diyzer.com/blog/titan-1-high-altitude-balloon

Source :   UPU HABDUINO UK
From : Alan F6AGV -  BHAF -

ANNONCE BALLON UK le 10 juin 2016

Dear All,

Launching from Westcott Venture Park in Buckinghamshire on Friday at approx 12:30 (local time). Payload contains a Habduino, a GoPro and a Raspberry Pi with Sense hat, Pi camera and UV sensor. Predicted to drift NE and land somewhere between Northampton and Huntingdon; definitely nowhere near Lakenheath!

Telemetry:
$$BERKOHAB 434.5MHz USB RTTY 50 baud 478Hz shift ASCII-7 no parity 2 stop bits

Any help tracking would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks from Sammy and team BerkoHAB!

Source directe :  UKHAS
From : Alan F6AGV

AMATEUR RADIO HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOONING LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENTS au 2 juin 2016

AMATEUR RADIO HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOONING

LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENTS:

2016-06-08 @ 08:15 EDT

Balloon Assisted Stratospheric Experiments (DePauw University)
To Launch: BASE 88
Website:http://www.depauw.edu/academics/departments-programs/physics-astronomy/department-research/base/
APRS.FI: W9YJ-11
Telemetry: APRS: 144.390Mhz,
Site: Julian Science Center, DePauw University
Coords: 39.64, -86.86  Grid: EM69NP
Contact: Howard Brooks hlbrooks@depau w.edu
QRZ: W9YJ
Flight with K-12 teachers participating in the Math Science Partnership Workshop

2016-06-17 @ 07:00 CDT

Mayberry Galactic
To Launch: Mayberry Galactic Flight #2 / Betty Lynn
Website:
APRS.FI: N0NQN-11
Telemetry: APRS: 144.390Mhz,
Site: Eastern South Dakota / Western Minnesota Near Ortonville
Coords: 43.9, -97  Grid: EN13MV
Contact: Jeff Ducklow jeffducklow@@comcast.net
QRZ: N0NQN
Exact launch location will be set based on flight prediction tools with the aim of landing in soybean fields in western Minnesota just SE of Boyd, MN. Flying three cameras: GoPro, Canon S110, Canon A1100 each running CHDK. Two trackers: Bionics MT-1000 and SPOT Trace mounted on a gimbal. Will record temperature inside the payload box and outside with a Adafruit / Ardunio SD card data logger.

2016-06-18 @ 09:00 CDT

Balloon Assisted Stratospheric Experiments (DePauw University)
To Launch: BASE 89
Website:http://www.depauw.edu/academics/departments-programs/physics-astronomy/department-research/base/
APRS.FI: W9YJ-11
Telemetry: APRS: 144.340Mhz,
Site: Pecan Airport. Pecan Plantation, TX
Coords: 32.364, -97.645  Grid: EM12EI
Contact: Howard Brooks hlbrooks@depauw.edu< /a>
QRZ: W9YJ
GPSL 2016 flight. Will also transmit via 900 MHz spread spectrum.

2016-06-18 @ 09:00 CDT

Near Space Ventures Inc.
To Launch: VentureStar-29
Website:http://nearspaceventures.com
APRS.FI: W0NSV-11
Telemetry: APRS: 144.390Mhz, Offset :05
Site: GPSL 2016: Grandbury, TX
Coords: 32.3541, -97.6761  Grid: EM12DI
Contact: Keith Kaiser wa0tjt@gmail.com
QRZ: W0NSV
Special Message in APRS for the wedding of fellow Near Space Ventures member John (W0GPS) & Sheri Morelli.

2016-06-18 @ 09:00 CDT

Edge of Space Sciences
To Launch: EOSS-225
Website:http://www.eoss.org/
APRS.FI: AE0SS-12, K0SCC-11
Telemetry: APRS: 144.340Mhz,K0SCC-11 on 147.42 MHz. AE0SS-12 slotted 0:15 & 0:45
Site: Pecan Plantation Airport, Granbury, TX
Coords: 32.3541, -97.6761  Grid: EM12DI
Contact: Nick Hanks ndhanks@msn.com
QRZ: AE0SS
GPSL-2016. Also carrying some additional APRS beacons for flight qualifica tions, KC0D-*.

2016-06-18 @ 09:00 CDT

Near Space Systems
To Launch: NearSys 16C, NearSys 16D
Website:http://nearsys.com
APRS.FI: KD4STH-7, AND KD4STH-9
Telemetry: APRS: 144.390Mhz,
Site: GPSL
Coords: 32.5, -97.75  Grid: EM12CM
Contact: L. Paul Verhage nearsys@gmail.com
QRZ: KD4STH

2016-06-18 @ 09:00 CDT

South Texas Balloon Launch Team
To Launch: BLT-44.5
Website:http://www.w5acm.net/
APRS.FI: AB5SS-11
Telemetry: APRS: 144.390Mhz
Site: Pecan Airport, Granbury, Texas
Coords: 32.364, -97.645  Grid: EM12EI
Contact: John Maca ab5ss@swbell.net
QRZ: AB5SS
http://ab5ss.blogspot.com Floater Mission using Pecan Pico 5 tracker, 350mA LiPo with Solar Cells. Balloon is a Qualatex 36" Round Mylar balloon.

2016-06-18 @ 14:00 CDT

WB8ELK Balloon Flights
To Launch: Skytracker GPSL
Website:http://www.wb8elk.com/
APRS.FI: WB8ELK-11,WB8ELK-12,WB8ELK-4
Telemetry: APRS: 144.390 MHz, 144.340Mhz, 14.0956 WSPR
Site: Pecan Plantation, TX
Coords: 32.364, -97.646  Grid: EM12EI
Contact: Bill Brown wb8elk@gmail.com
QRZ: WB8ELK
Latex balloon will use WB8ELK-11 and WB8ELK-12 APRS. Mylar Pico ballo on will be using WB8ELK-4 and also may fly with 20m WSPR transmitter.

2016-07-23 @ 08:30 EDT

Aether Missions
To Launch: AETHER-3
Website: None given
APRS.FI: KM4DRI-11
Telemetry: APRS: 144.390Mhz,
Site: Fisheating Creek Outpost, Palmdale, Florida, USA
Coords: 26.9397, -81.3192  Grid: EL96IW
Contact: Andres Paris andreseduardo@hotmail.com
QRZ: KM4DRI
Payload: *Trackuino APRS tracker *MS5607 barometric pressure sensor *DHT22 temperature humidity sensor *K-type thermocouple *Adafruit ultimate GPS logger shield *FONA GSM breakout board *1 Arduino UNO & 2 Arduino Mega *SPOT Personal Tracker *Canon Powershot SD880 IS *Canon Powershot S100 *GoPro Hero

2016-07-23 @ 09:00 MST

Arizona Near Space Research
To Launch: ANSR-101
Website:http://www.ansr.org, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ballooning/
APRS.FI: KA7NSR-6, KA7NSR-7
Telemetry: APRS: 144.340Mhz,Also 445.925, both digipeated to 144.39
Site: Williams HamFest, Williams, Arizona
Coords: 35.2587, -112.185  Grid: DM35VG
Contact: Bill McLean bmclean1@gmail.com
QRZ: KA7NSR
2 Cross band repeaters #1 input 146.56 CTCSS 162.2 output 445.925 #2 Input 147.56 CTCSS 89.1 Output 446.025. Live video streaming on 440 Mhz and 2.4 Ghz to ground station at HamFest.

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Good Luck!

73s -- Keith, WA0TJT 
Source directe :   ARHAB   USA 
From  :   Alan F6AGV 

BANC D'ESSAIS ARDUINO avec deux UNO et une MEGA

Ce banc d'essais comporte deux Arduino UNO sur les ports COM4 et COM6. Il y a aussi une MEGA
qui n'a pas encore été branché sur ce site.
Un émetteur 434 de type NTX2B permet de sortir les trames ballon, pour les capter sur le poste de réception distant.
A noter, qu'il faut quelques capteurs pour que les essais et le programme soit complet :
--- MPX5100AP   capteur de pression
--- 2 x  KTY-10-6 capteurs de température linéaires
--- 1 servo-moteur
---  des LEDS vertes (RS92SGPA)
---  une LED RGB  rouge, verte et bleue.
---  un opto coupleur 4N35  ou  TIL111.
---  des résistances pour le pont diviseur du NTX2B.

L' Arduino UNO com4 fonctionne comme simulateur de GPS avec la trame NMEA GPGGA.

Synoptique de principe pour une utilisation d'une carte UNO en application ballon stratosphérique.

La réception se fait avec un récepteur BLU en position USB. Pour capter les ballons lointains, il est
préférable d'installer une antenne directive extérieure sur un mat avec moteur.
Le soft utilisé est FL-DIGI bien connu. Il permet de configurer le mode de réception, qui est pour
ces essais, du RTTY à  50 bauds ( 7n2 et shift 170 sur l'image ).

La trame pour tester le GPS comporte, les deux $$ suivi de l'indicatif, l'heure, la latitude, la longitude, l'altitude, et les capteurs qui sont dans l'ordre :
--- pression à 836 points sur 1023.
--- une cellule LDR à  400 points
--- deux KTY-10  à  303 et 393 points
--- la tension d'alimentation divisée par 2  à  512 points
--- le 0 volt

En dernier un checksum, et les codes de saut à la ligne et retour chariot qui sont présents mais invisibles.

A suivre,

Source et photos  :  F6AGV

BALLONS UK RPF-C1 & RPF-C2 posés le 2 juin 2016

Les deux RPF se sont posés au même endroit. Une trajectoire avec de nombreux changements
de direction dans les basses couches.
Source directe :   tracker.habhub.org 
From :  Alan F6AGV 

BALLON DL DL4MDW-11 le 2 juin 2016 en Belgique

Beau trajet du ballon DL4MDW-11 qui traverse la Belgique.

Source directe :   tracker.habhub.org
From : Alan F6AGV