... Zack, here's my information. I will try to email the presentation out when I get back on the 19th. Since I'm using my own laptop, I'll bring a copy of my...
I've assigned time slots to all of the payloads planning on operating on 144.34MHz (with the exception of Paul). Any packages that are not configurable as...
I have arrangements made with the Cosmosphere to have a station in the lobby area for tracking. The building doesn't open until 9:00am be we can have it setup...
I would definitely suggest 70cm for a chase freq. TXing 2-3 MHz up at 146 or 147 MHz will desense data reception of 144.3x. - Mark ... yesterday with ... ...
I'll play around with my capsule's radio before heading out to GPSL. I'll lock the frequency to 144.34. I can also play around with my TT3 and time slot it. ...
Zack, Are we still planning to get a couple of "extra" tanks in case we have a burst, and that we can pay for those at the time if needed? Also, for the group...
Yes, I will take care of supplying a couple of extra tanks. As for balloons, I haven't ordered any in a while - couldn't tell you. Zack...
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Mike Manes
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Jun 2, 2004 10:38 pm
Hi Zack, I think 10-sec slots would be OK, but it'll only accomodate 6 beacons. It might not be bad to go to 2-minute beacon intervals if we end up with over 6...
I don't think the KPC-3+ is that picky. If you want a beacon every minute at 20 seconds past the minute, you just specify BLT n EVERY 00:01:00 START 00:00:20 ...
I know that I personally would rather not go to two minute intervals - that's a long time not to hear from your investment.. :-) As far as the timing, we could...
So are you thinking that you WILL be able to time-slot your 144.34MHz transmissions? Zack...
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Mike Manes
manes@...
Jun 3, 2004 3:41 am
Are there any repeaters out thataway which could be pressed into service for GPSL? Even if we all stay inside simplex range, the repeater would yield some...
One other note to keep in mind. Are you time slotting based on GPS or UTC time? UTC is corrected for leap seconds. As of June 2, 2004, it is 13 seconds...
Don't most GPS units provide UTC as a default? I think I have to go to a lot of work to my my Garmin or Motorola unit report the uncorrected time. UTC should...
Hi everyone, I finally turned in my vacation request yesterday to attend GPSL 2004. I requested time off for Friday too. IF it is approved I should be there. I...
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Mike Manes
manes@...
Jun 3, 2004 4:22 pm
Hi Mike, The TT3 real time is drawn from the hhmmss field of the GPS NMEA sentence. My KPC-3 is set up to sync its DAYtime value with the $GPRMC hhmmss and...
Yes, units typically default to UTC. Most held units have it is as option buried somewhere in their menus. When cold starting a GPS engine, it won't have the...
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Mike Manes
manes@...
Jun 3, 2004 7:58 pm
Hi Mark, Having pored over the dox for the Rockwell Jupiter that EOSS uses, I see the distinction between GPS and UTC. In fact the hhmmss field in the NMEA is...
Zack this week is meeting week (almost all groups seem to meet the second week of the month). I have a couple of people in mind, I'll ask them. I won't see one...
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Mike Manes
manes@...
Jun 8, 2004 9:16 pm
Hi Pat, I'd be delighted to chat with you about our little balloon group out here in Colorado, Edge of Space Sciences, and invite to browse thru our web site,...
I finally got the lady with Holiday Inn/Microtel to call me back. Short answer is no, they don't have any special rates available. Apparently there are some...
I have only heard back from one of the presenters regarding their presentation. If I don't hear from more of you soon, it's going to make for a very short day...
Unless I hear some commitments this evening, I'm going to cancel our reservations at the Cosmosphere for the radio/tracking booth. Let me know, Zack...
... Zack, I did get you at least one and possibly two operators. I've been trying to send you an email but stuff has been happening. I finally had to reboot. ...
