ALERTE-RADIOSONDES: AMATEUR RADIO HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOONING LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENTS au 2 juin 2016

jeudi 2 juin 2016

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.