Looks like Space Data is now moving into flying WiFi sites as well. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/23/space_data_weather_balloon_base_station/ New term:...
Taylor University antenna test launch. Flight #: 217 Flight ID: ANT100 Date: 11-20-2009 Time: 10:00AM Launch Site: Taylor University LAT: N40.45638 LON:...
The recovery team is within 200 yards of the payloads. Yes they did get clearance from the airport to fly. APRS 144.39 KB9ZNZ-6 I also noticed on the schedule...
Dear friends, Here is a second HAB flight with pre-burst chaos. Taylor did a flight on November 12 from Fishers, IN (see ARHAB Balloon Schedule) that...
KB9ZNZ-6 is in the air and is going East out of Nashville. APRS on 144.39 Jeffrey F. Dailey Center for Research & Innovation Research Engineer Taylor...
Hmmm ... using a callsign of "FLIGHT", eh? Didn't realize France had adopted all-alpha callsigns, and this shows that the CEPT mutual recognition agreement...
I was poking around on Wikipedia and wandered over to the ARHAB article and made a couple of minor fixes. I found the stats page for the article and went back...
Sorry for the short notice but the MIT students will be flying from Albany, NY Sunday (today) at 11:00 am EST. They will be carrying a payload I sent them on...
I think it's generally accepted that anything more than WIDE2-1 at "high altitude" is not necessary. Because you'll be direct line-of-sight to the digipeater,...
Pete, I was not able to stay around and watch your whole flight Thursday but it looked interesting to get up that high. As far as your APRS path I don't know...
Yesterday KC0GBP-11 flew in NE Iowa to something over 100k altitude. Congratulations on a good flight guys! However, the ten second packet rate on APRS was a...
I just got this link from Rachel. The Balloon Boy's parents have plead guilty. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33881293/ns/us_news-life -- Onwards and Upwards, ...
We are moving the launch date to 11-13-2009 at 9:00am. Flight #: 215 Flight ID: Trainning Date: 11-13-2009 Time: 9:00AM Launch Site: Taylor University ...
I have uploaded one of the Astro 20 flight video frames to the photo files called Taylor Turbulence Flight 20. We are working on the data and will be...
Taylor University will be launching from Fishers Indiana as part of the 150th anniversary of air mail. The first airmail flight was in 1859 by John Wise in his...
Dear friends, I have learned of a recent high altitude balloon flight (my son had a experiment on the flight) where during ascent, the payload string was...
I don't know if this was an amateur payload, but a group from Univ. of Southern Indiana sent one up and published it on a CNN iReport that made the front page:...
The launch with the University of San Diego CA. has a complete success and has been recovered. APRS was KB9ZNZ-2 Jeffrey F. Dailey Center for Research &...
KB9ZNZ-2 will be launched on Saturday 11-07-2009 AM at University of San Diego CA. Launch site TBD APRS 144.39 KB9ZNZ-2 Jeffrey F. Dailey Center for Research...
More on DARPAs pibal hunt on 5 Dec from our pals in Olde Blighty: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/30/darpa_network_challenge/ 73 de Mike W5VSI -- Mike...
A rather interesting contest. First prize is $40,000. 73 de Mark N9XTN http://networkchallenge.darpa.mil/ To mark the 40th anniversary of the Internet, DARPA ...
I sent the MIT students a payload for their flight on Nov 4th.... about 10 milliwatts on both bands as follows: 144.36 FM - WB8ELK RTTY 45 baud (both modes...
I'm trying an experiment in limb sounding from near space. This first iteration has acquainted me to some of the problems involved, but will also help me...
The Honeywell ASDX015A24R sensor is a 15 psi absolute sensor. To the best of my knowledge, Honeywell does not manufacture a 5 psi absolute sensor in the ASDX...
I wrote a reply to the story out of Fort Collins this week ( nearsys.blogspot.com). Forest Mims brought my attention to a story on Gawker, it doesn't paint a...
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