Re: [amsat-bb] DSA Amateur Radio Club Balloon Launch
Congratulations on a successful flight. If your APRS beacon failed, how were you able to track and recover the payload?
Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org
On March 4, 2016, at 19:28, Skyler F electricity440@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone again,
Here is the follow up on my High School's Balloon launch, it was a success, and we had a lot of fun with the launch. Unfortunately APRS did not ever obtain a GPS lock. It only transmitted temperature, humidity, and pressure, with location at (0.000, 0,000), however we were asked to fly just our APRS on the next EOSS launch as part of the STEM outreach, so we will get the GPS portion of the APRS payload fixed up by then. Our other two payloads worked great, however.
I created a webpage with all of the details of the launch right here
amsatnet.info/#balloon
Here is a youtube video of the launch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adDF-m4ecnA
I am still analyzing the crazy amounts of data for our Field Mill payload, so that information is not up yet.
I would like to thank the people who donated! This launch would not have been possible without their support.
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We used the other aprs beacon on board, the Edge of Space sciences had one too.
On Saturday, March 5, 2016, Richard Tejera Saguaroastro@cox.net wrote:
Congratulations on a successful flight. If your APRS beacon failed, how were you able to track and recover the payload?
Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org
On March 4, 2016, at 19:28, Skyler F <electricity440@gmail.com javascript:;> wrote:
Hi everyone again,
Here is the follow up on my High School's Balloon launch, it was a success, and we had a lot of fun with the launch. Unfortunately APRS did not ever obtain a GPS lock. It only transmitted temperature, humidity, and pressure, with location at (0.000, 0,000), however we were asked to fly just our APRS on the next EOSS launch as part of the STEM outreach, so we will get the GPS portion of the APRS payload fixed up by then. Our other two payloads worked great, however.
I created a webpage with all of the details of the launch right here
amsatnet.info/#balloon
Here is a youtube video of the launch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adDF-m4ecnA
I am still analyzing the crazy amounts of data for our Field Mill payload, so that information is not up yet.
I would like to thank the people who donated! This launch would not have been possible without their support.
73, Skyler KD0WHB _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org javascript:;. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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