Dear Friends: we are going to lunch a balloon next saturday 13 of march. I put info in spanish and pictures in the file section. Best Regards José LU7JCN...
ANSR will have a table setup at the Scottsdale Hamfest which is scheduled for this Saturday morning, March 13th. The Hamfest will be held at the Scottsdale...
Thanks to all that helped out at the Scottsdale Hamfest today. The day started out very rainy and cool, but was sunny and warm by the time we took everything...
Brandon, Microchip, the maker of the PIC, has a free compiler and tools: http://www.microchip.com CCS offers a low cost C compiler and development tools: ...
Arizona Near Space Research (ANSR) is pleased to announce the flight of ANSR-17. This high altitude balloon flight will take place on Saturday, March 20th at...
For up to date launch site and flight information, tune in to our net on Friday, Marth 19th at 7:00 PM MST (0200 UTC) on the Sacaton Peak repeater. A launch...
... 7155 and 7253.5 have been used in the past. Probably one of these. I post on my Launchsite.html page tonight. ... The winds are a concern but we hope we...
We will monitor the Sacaton repeater starting around 7:00 AM MST (1400UTC) 447.725 MHz/100.0 Hz PL tone for any last minute issues and direction to the launch...
Details on Saturday's flight are posted at: http://www.kd7lmo.net/ansr_17.html If you enjoyed the flight and would like to get more involved, we will hold our...
I don't know if any of you use them, but the CAP balloon I am currently flying is insured through a company called AIRSURE in Colorado. They are a full...
Martin, Thanks for the heads up. We will keep that in mind. Currently, we are covered by the Universities when we fly Space Grant sponsor flights. We are on...
Hi Mike! Glad things are going well for you..I am still having to work Saturday mornings so have not been able to get to a launch. Actually that message went...
ORB-8 Balloon Flight Oklahoma Research Balloons will, weather permitting, fly an unmanned high altitude balloon (ORB-8) to 70,000-80,000 feet on Saturday April...
I've updated my web site with technical information on a variety of high altitude balloon projects. The projects are all open source hardware/software and...
One of the features of the web service that we are using is the ability to run a mailinglist from it. With that I wondering if we have any intrest in using...
ORB-8 was recovered in an open pasture 30 miles from launch at 117 deg. after going to an altitude of just over 68,000 feet. The wind was very very kind today....
ORB-8 launch for tomorrow morning is a go. Ralph, the official landing prediction for ORB-8 is... N36 9 45.92 / W95 20 29.55 Last night my mobile tracking...
We are a just a little over a week away from the ANSR-18 flight. We will be holding a pre-flight meeting with the students on Friday, April 16th at 6:00 PM...
Hi Doug, Welcome back to the now much larger balloonacy community! This stuff has really taken off in recent years, and I've posted a cc of this to a few of...
Does anyone have a contact for the DeVry Institute Hamfest that will be held at the same time as our balloon flight on April 17th? We would like to pass along...
Sue and I will chase and lead a team. We have our own FRS radio. We will arrive by 7:30 AM. I assume we will be using the 447.725 Sacaton repeater. 73, Jack...
We are less than 48 hours away from the ANSR-18 flight. We will be holding a pre-flight meeting with the students on Friday, April 16th at 7:00 PM MST (1400...
Because of weather (wind) conditions, the launch time for our Saturday, April 17th flight may be earlier. We are trying to arrange for a 7:00 AM (1400 UTC)...
<http://www.qsl.net/w5sjz/ntxballoonproject.htm> Looks like there will be another ballon launch ... this one in North Texas. Set up will begin at 7:00 am with...
The flight time has been changed to 7:00 AM MST (1400 UTC) from the same location. For details visit: http://www.ansr.org An advance recovery team will meet...