Due to last minute changes, only had 70% of a 300 cu. ft tank, payloads were not flown. Flew under KA0JLF-3, last packet on APRS was about 53,000 ft. I'll try...
I have created little slideshows for each of the SSTV pictures captured by the following people: http://www.habitatskylab.org/HS04E/IMAGES/SSTV/W0RPK/ - Ralph...
Just an attempt to let you know about the balloon flight in the morning. 9/26/04 10:30 a.m. CDT from Edgerton, KS We hope to get to about 90,000 feet so there...
Hi Don, We took off at 10:40 CDT from Harvey Young on the east side of Tulsa in a Cessna 180 and flew to Grand Lake Regional at an altitude between 2k & 3k. I ...
No problem Harry. We had checkins on the Simplex repeater from KS, NE, IA as far as I remember. Guy in Wichita, KS captured 20 SSTV pictures, they are online...
I bought a Canon Elph LT camera at Best Buy last night. It seems to work fine, but it was an open item and no manual. Do any of you have a manual that could...
Press the "Date" button on the back of the camera until DATE shows in the display. You have the choice of 2 formats: day/time or year/month/day - keep...
Thanks Mark, I had/have it set so Day hh:mm 'Date' shows in the LCD but didn't show up on the photos. Hmm... There isn't a date on the back of the prints ...
Here's an update on the ISU launch last weekend. It was the best flight I've seen in Idaho. No surface winds and a 20 mile flight that landed a few hundred...
... Very cool. We haven't quite been able to do that here yet, though we have had good luck being within a couple hundred yards as the payloads come down. ......
... with flanges that grip the tube) was placed on both sides of the cube. This worked pretty well for us. The tube was flexible enough to keep the line from...
... Our students used what appeared to be colored duct tape, but we weren't as concerned about weight. Is the Uline tape available at hobby stores? ... Can...
... It is. HobbyTown in boise has part of a wall dedicated to the stuff. It's a very thin tape. ... I'm working on it between classes. It's basically a...
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Mike Manes
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Oct 5, 2004 10:35 pm
Hi Mark, Congrats on a near-bushel-basket recovery! Not sure whose email from U. Idaho that you were quoting (Paul V?), but I ran a post-mortem on the line...
I've been using the 1/2" styrofoam on capsules in the past, and now with the BalloonSats. I suppose that if the edges had to be absolutely square, then a hot...
I'm attaching images of the harness I made yesterday, along with two images of BalloonSats that I assembled. In the next week I'll plan to run a strength and...
This is a photo taken by Dr. Chadwick during last week's ISU launch. So close, but no cigar! Paul The following section of this message contains a file...
I have made a traditional BalloonSat for comparison to my modifications. Here's what I have so far. I measured the weight of a 5" by 5" sheet of foamcore...
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Mike Manes
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Oct 11, 2004 6:36 pm
Hi Paul, I use a thin coat of dayglo orange Krylon on the external foamcore surfaces - mush lighter than Al duct tape. If shielding is needed, I use...
... The BalloonSats were launchiong only carry Hobo data loggers and cameras, so heat is not an issue. There's a large enough hole for the camera lens, that I...
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Mike Manes
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Oct 14, 2004 5:37 am
Hi HArry, Geez, after that recovery of ours on GPSL, I figgered youse guys were FOND of mud :=}. If you can get to a 70 cm EME station this weeekend, you might...
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Mike Manes
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Oct 15, 2004 8:02 pm
We've out here in the desert have learned NEVER to complain about precip! The prediction is moving N $ E, wid latest 105/94 from launch. So we may go with the...
I continue to have very good luck with Digikey in Minnesota. I can order on Sunday evening, and have it in hand (Kansas) by Wednesday morning via ground...
