Dear friends, Our next flight will include a pre-dawn launch to allow a student ELF radio to look at signals before sunrise. I want to have a flashing visible...
... Howard I bought a Xenon strobe several years ago from Into the Wind, I believe that was the name of the kite company. I found the paperwork that came with...
Taylor University uses 4 Lightman strobes (2 LED and 2 Xenon) for our early morning launches. They've flown 3 times, and have been blinking on the ground when...
Nicholas, A question for ya. Did the flight with the balloon have a GPS/APRS system onboard? Reason asking is we had a flight similar in nature as yours...
... Joe, Yes the package contained a Rino 110 that was the GPS engine for the package. It also had an APRS system using a TT3. We had no problems with the...
Flashing lights of any sort can be used on Part-101 EXEMPT flights because they are not required. Required flashing beacons for NON-EXEMPT flights -must- be...
Ralph Wallio, W0RPK
W0RPK@...
Feb 3, 2008 2:54 pm
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Re: Flashing visible light beacon Posted by: "Ralph Wallio, W0RPK" W0RPK@... Sun Feb 3, 2008 6:54 am (PST) Flashing...
Joe's right. If you're using a Xe strobe tube, the main discharge cap voltage usually exceeds 300V and the ignition electrode voltage hits several KV. Any...
Regarding potential problems with high voltage at high altitude see http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/ARHAB_Highvoltage.html. TNX es 73 de Ralph Wallio,...
Some of you may have seen a notice on either the GPSL or ANSR e-mail list regarding using the CHDK software to program several models of the Canon PowerShot...
Hi All, you may have heard already, but a nice article was written in a local paper about UTARC's Spirit of Knoxville transatlantic balloon program. The...
This is a question for groups that use hydrogen as their lift gas: Do you affix any sort of warning label to the balloon or flight line indicating that the...
From Joe, WB9SBD of Near Space Sciences. I've been in this high altitude ballooning this August for twenty years. And have helped many other groups "Get off...
Keep in mind that feature article writers can have a tendency to "enhance" some of the details to draw in the reader. A lot can be lost or changed between...
Only have flied three PE zero pressure balloons, never even thought of that. could be a problem i suppose. but our chase and recovery teams were always at...
First off, I would like to apologize for any misunderstandings, that our recent E Mailings may have made. Yes we do keep a somewhat LOW profile, so many of the...
Hi Joe, I do this for the fun and the challenge of pushing the "envelope" as you might know...And as you also know, I've been trying longer and longer...
Hey, Joe, it's OK to let the Grumpy Old Man loose from time to time, just so long that you call him back in time for dinner :=}. No blood, no foul, OM. 73 de...
Just my humble opinion and not that of UTARC, but there was nothing incorrect about the article regarding NSS or any other group we mentioned. EVERYONE trying...
By virtue of my own big mouth I find myself in the role of webmaster for the GPSL 2008 web site (superlaunch.org). This does not however mean that I should or...
Keith, I think it looks GREAT. Keep up the good work. Rog KCØMWM CNNSP ... From: GPSL@yahoogroups.com [mailto:GPSL@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Kaiser ...
Hey, that looks great Keith! Nice job! But man that jet stream is haulin' a@# in the logo pic at the top of the page. ; ) 73 Harry ... Harry Mueller - KC5TRB -...
The question has come up "where is GPSL 2008 being held" which seems a reasonable question. The only reason I haven't made a big deal about it yet is because...
Keith, Nice job! Lots of data on the Home page with great selection of links. Nick NØLP EOSS ... From: GPSL@yahoogroups.com [mailto:GPSL@yahoogroups.com]On...
I know we have over five months to work this, but doesn't hurt to start thinking about this now. Many previous GPSL events have had landing sites south and/or...
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