It is FM. All the specs are on the web page in PDF form. Gene Harlan - WB9MMM Name Tags by Gene Harlan Technologies - publisher of Amateur Television Quarterly...
I've peeked at specs on some NTSC-to-MPEG converters, and they're real power hogs - not surprising, considering the heavy and fast digital processing involved....
For a variety reasons, the ANSR website is going through some remodeling. One possible redo is listed at http://www.ansr.org/drupal/ Not all the pages have...
All, The ANSR meeting on Aug 18th is cancelled, summer recess with most everyone off doing other things this month. We'll definitely be meeting in September ...
In the photos album at http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ballooning/photos/view/d7e6?b=1&m=f&o=0 is a photo that is the worst we have even had of the amount of...
Hi Joe, Before we started flying our fast release on all of our flights, I brought home 6.0 lb of latex shards from a 3000 gm (6.6 lb) bag. Man! Did that play ...
Dear Joe, BASE has often brought back 80% of the balloon, from either the 1200 gram or 1500 gram Kaymont varieties. We have had 28 flights, six have had no...
Just curious gang. With the literally doens of strings that are outputting from the typical GPS, How do you all set them up. What strings do you keep? what...
If you just want position and no altitude use the GPRMC. If you want altitude and position use GPRMC and GPGGA. If you're using a TinyTrack or PocketTrack and...
Some GPS's, e.g. the Jupiter, allow you shut off some strings and limit the rate that others are sent out over the serial port. If you're using a KPC-3+, it's...
Ok Gang, I know many of you are using this GPS, I'm somewhat confused here. The wire explanation, Red = V in Ok Yellow = measurement pulse output ok (wont...
I'm pretty sure my GPS18LVC only had two black wires and *NO* bare wire. One black wire had slightly thicker insulation than the other one, the latter being of...
Up-date, Yes one of the black wires is thicker than the other two. Well I'm just gonna connect them all together, or ignore the two smaller ones, I ohm...
I just tie all of the black wires including the unshielded drain wire together on the GPS-18LVC. - Bill WB8ELK **************Looking for a car that's sporty,...
If you have plans for an article for the Fall issue of Amateur Television Quarterly, it would help me if you can get it in early. It is taking me longer to do...
Hey Michael, I seem to recall, a couple years ago or so, you had a payload string that was never recovered, somewhere between Maricopa and Gila Bend, kind of...
Martin, Yes, ANSR-31 launched June 3, 2006 from Maricopa, AZ and headed due west following route 238, landing just east of the mountains and north of 238. I've...
Hey guys.. Well sorry, we tried... I didn't know that they would not allow any vehicles in to the monument. Back when this balloon flew, my boys and I tried to...
BASE 29 was successfully completed today. Flight summary: Launch at 14:57 UTC Burst at 98 kft Landing was 55 miles at 98 degrees from launch site on DePauw...
The schedule for ANSR balloon flights for both the Changes in Altitudes (Middle and High School) and ASCEND! (Universities) is currently as follows: November...
Looks like I gave out the wrong dates for the ANSR school balloon flights. Corrected Dates: November 22, 2008, ASCEND! February 7, 2009, Changes in Altitudes ...
Don't have any information about any amateur radio beacons, but I will be watching the APRS server for any beacons on the internet. Jack, W7JLC ... From: "T....
7:25 AM Balloon flight preparations continue despite over limit winds. Balloon and payloads are layed out. See following links Ft. Sumner live video: ...
CURRENT HASP STATUS 15:00 UTC 13 September 2008: We are scrubbing the launch attempt for today. The low level winds just did not cooperate. We will be...
Ya know you may have seen the TV commercial where a "Car" sends the cars owner a message via e mail or text message, that something like the tire is low. ...
CURRENT HASP STATUS 18:30 UTC 13 September 2008: The low altitude winds did not cooperate today and we had to scrub the launch attempt. Wind conditions for...
ANSR Monthly Meeting Reminder Arizona Near Space Research will hold our monthly meeting on Monday, September 15, 2008, at 7:30 PM (0230 UTC) on the ASU campus....