So far I only have one (possibly a second depending...) people signed up to give presentations at GPSL. If you are interested in presenting, please email me a...
Hi Zack, Thanks for putting that web site together. EOSS plans to participate at GPSL '04, and hopes to be supporting an Upward Bound class of students...
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I'd like to add a photograph of chase crews at lunch after a recovery. Does someone have aphoto from one of the GPSLs? I can't find my original. I'll give...
The following is a link to phots from GPSL 2003. The pictures feature educators from the NASA Space Grant group. There is also a photo with Bill Brown in it,...
Thanks, Rick. Maybe Zack could add this list to his GPSL distribution as well. Mike ... -- Mike Manes manes@... Tel: 303-979-4899 "Things...
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Feb 8, 2004 6:04 am
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Hi all, Pardon the multiple deliveries. The EOSS board has decided to postpone the launch of the EOSS-74A high altitude balloon from Sat 21 Feb to Sun 22 Feb...
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Feb 20, 2004 11:05 pm
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Okay, I think I have everyone listed on the website who has indicated that they will be showing up. Is there anyone who I've missed? Those of you who are...
I have a pretty good list of people who have offered to speak at GPSL so far. Is there anyone else interested in giving a presentation? I think we're going to...
HI Zack, Could you pass along a list of topics that folks have already signed up for? EOSS would be happy to do a 30 - 60 minute pitch on some balloon-related...
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Feb 23, 2004 7:39 pm
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Hi Zack, During a recent telcon with Chris Koelhler, who coordinates the Colo Space Grant Upward Bound program, liablity and logistics issues will prevent the...
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Feb 23, 2004 7:41 pm
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Look at the bottom of page 66 in the March issue of N&V. Paul...
I think time slotting is going to be very important for this year's event. Can someone please define EXACTLY what the accepted definition of time-slotted is?...
I think the definition should be that the actual transmission occurs between the seconds specified. The participant should program their device to "compute...
Main beacon: 144.34 MHz with 2m VFO, time-slottable for posits and telemetry (APRS posit format created by Basic Stamp) Backup beacon: 144.39 MHz with...
Hi Zack, I think that 60-sec APRS reporting intervals should be plenty often for the GPSL balloons. And the time-slotting is only necessary for those APRS...
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Parallax is planning to make my book a free download. Since I have finished writing it, I believe it will be available this summer. My monthly column in Nuts...
Hi Pete, Hey, great! Been entirely too long since we last had an eyeball - like ten freaking years since the EOSS Symposium! And yeah, I'll be there along...
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Mar 7, 2004 6:28 am
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I have written up a prototype of the time-slotting definition for GPSL. Please review it and give me any feedback ASAP. ...
I'm designing a logo for amateur near space. Here's my initial desing. I'd be interested in getting feedback on it. I will make the final product available...
Hi Paul, Hmmm "Science from under heaven", if my Latin still serves? How about adding "et eruditia" (or whatever its proper declension is...). And how about...
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Mar 10, 2004 11:36 pm
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... Yep. It was anbout the best I could do with near space. How ... Let me see what that looks like. ... I was thinking about that. Paul...
Mike, I get that the verb for teaching is eruditio. I tried a Latin to English dictionary online and it says it can't find eruditia. Do you recommend I leave...
Hi Paul, Go for it! I don't have a Latin dictionary and was relying strictly on memory and etymology from Webster's. Ergo my (???) re the proper Latin form...
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Hi Paul, I think RIck N0KKZ started that list back before GPSL 2002, and one can join it by going to the yahoo groups web site. Right, RIck? 73 de Mike W5VSI ...
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I'll send an updated logo this week. By the way, I'm planning to visit for either the mid-June or mid-August EOSS flights. If I visit, would EOSS be able to...
Nope, GPSL at Yahoo is run by Mark Conner. If you go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/members You can see who belongs to the list, who the moderators are...