Dear friends, I need your feedback concerning the following ATV communication system for the BASE 38 balloon flight at SpaceJam-3 on 18 July. The proposed...
Howdy base, Thoughts, In my opinion the 50 to 100 mw ATV sig, at 30 miles I'm thinking might be pushing it. We usually run 3 watts, and get decent pictures...
Hi Howard, That's a pretty puny xmtr for getting a decent signal beyond 10 or 20 miles downrange. EOSS uses a 1W KPA-5 with an 18 dB yagi and 1 dB LNA, and...
The egg beater antenna is a nice CP omni, but it has less gain than the little wheel, and its pattern towards the horizon is somewhat depressed when used with...
The Little Wheel works better than the Eggbeater from what I've seen in my previous flights....we tried the eggbeater in the second or third flight ever back...
Dear friends, Thanks again for the many notes, both on group and directly, about the ATV flight with the Scouts (BASE 38). Based on the recommendations, we are...
The machine that hosted his domain I think was in his home. I have scrape of the site at http://www.ansr.org/kd7lmo , I hope whatever you are looking for can...
ANSR Monthly Meeting Reminder Arizona Near Space Research will hold our monthly meeting on Monday, July 20, 2009, at 7:30 PM AZ (0230 UTC) on the ASU campus....
Keith WA0TJT of Near Space Ventures and I (WB8ELK) have taken over doing the updates of the _www.arhab.org_ (http://www.arhab.org) website for launch...
Thanks, Bill & Keith, for filling Ralph's enormous shoes with this valuable service. The ARHAB community owes you a great debt of gratitude! BTW, EOSS-145 was...
ANSR Monthly Meeting Reminder Arizona Near Space Research will hold our monthly meeting on Monday, September 21, 2009, at 7:30 PM AZ (0230 UTC) on the ASU...
Reminder from: Ballooning Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ballooning/cal ANSR-50 Warm-up and new gear test flight Saturday September 26, 2009 8:00...
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"Pigs in Space", excuse me for abusing the "Muppets Show", scheduled launch on Saturday evening (Oct. 3). http://www.balloonfiesta.com/content/2009-schedule ...
Hi, I am planning on launching a balloon in Arizona and am looking for the correct FAA contact. Can any of you give me any pointers in the right direction. ...
Hi Jerry. I can help you. There are different contacts depending on what it is you are planning to do. Go ahead and read FAR 101. It will give you a good...
Thanks Dick, I talked with the FSDO in Scottsdale and they were not too sure what to do but recommended I contact Albuquerque Center. I'll give the places you...
Arizona Near Space Research (ANSR) is proud to announce the flight of ANSR-51. This high altitude balloon flight will take place on Saturday, October 17, 2009...
Hi Everyone, Looks like a good day to fly a balloon with weather predicted to be sunny and a warm 97ºF. Here's the prediction parameters and the map. Launch:...
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=125161&catid=339 (pics of the balloon on web site) [I'm worried for the kid, but at the same time, envious...] ...
I calculate about 65 to 70 pounds lift at STP conditions (but you have to then subtract the weight of the balloon and platform itself)...but just looking at...
CNN is talking to the sherriff people, and they are searching the area directly easdt of the launch site. They say it landed southeast, but they say it could...
Any changes to the launch site? ... sunny ... of ... Saturday, ... University ... 04.42 ... the ... prior to ... The ... containing ... cameras to ... Teacher ...