Due to my insane work schedule this past month and particularly this week (17 hour work day yesterday), I won't be flying a balloon this year at GPSL since I...
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Jul 1, 2004 8:45 am
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Hey Mike, Go ahead, rub it in! :) Got trees? One other item for recovery is a fishin' pole, but you wouldn't know what that is either. Heehee! CU @ GPSL ... ...
If any of you can get ahold of Harry can you give him my phone # and have him give me a call 316 650 5011 thanks ... From: Harry M To: GPSL@yahoogroups.com ...
Just a quick update on GPSL... For the most part, the event went just as planned. The conference was good and many shared some of the precious experience with...
Zack, not sure what was lost? I'm not sure how the balloons got away from us. ;-) Seemed like a bit of a surprised launch. Sorry we lost the other groups. We ...
Any log files, and or photos, from todays flights would be appreicated. Since we were almost directly under our balloon, watching it for over an hour, we...
I would like to put as much information and pictures as possible on to one CD for distribution. I'll send one copy free to each of the participating groups,...
I and my family had much fun.Thank to ALL that came out to the soggy spot to launch. Must do Launch ; ) Project:Traveler Jon Riley AJ0NR Brenda Riley KC0HKU ...
I think someone flew the new Garmin GPS-18 yesterday. How did it work above 60 kft? All the balloons I saw had good data above the magic altitude. 73 de Mark...
Testing is in progress, still. Mark Conner <n9xtn@...> wrote: I think someone flew the new Garmin GPS-18 yesterday. How did it work above 60 kft? All the...
As it turns out, we wound up with an extra tank of helium at a good cost, and, Jon and I want to use it! I dug into the GPS-18 last night and found two minor...
I'm trying to get the CQ-VHF article out the door by tomorrow. Can any of you fill in some details for me? This was the ?FOURTH? GPSL? 2001 - ??? 2002 -...
I've made an FTP site for uploading photos from this year's GPSL. FTP to n9xtn (dot) dyndns (dot) org. Your login ID will be your group name (EOSS, TRAVELER,...
During the GPSL flights yesterday, N9XTN and W0RPK communicated by unproto packet messages through the NSTAR and EOSS TNCs. Below is the text from my log...
Zack, Here are some quick figures for the KC5TRB-11 flight. Thanks again for doing such a great job for GPSL! ... Harry - KC5TRB - Tulsa Oklahoma Research...
Don, It was good to see you again. Kinda hard to see you though, with that off-color shirt and all! :) Here's the RAW data from FindU last night. I will not...
... See my added detail? ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ... Roger for HABITAT SkyLab. Will report more later. Damage yes, but due to me I think, not flight related. ... Yes, how...
Sounds good on the story. I need to get it to them by tomorrow evening - after our launch of course.. :-) Don Pfister wrote: Zack Clobes wrote: I'm trying to...
Hi to all the gpsl attendees. I wanted to say that I had a great time this last weekend, attending the Friday presentations, and the Saturday flights. I...
I apologize for not being with you folks for GPSL-2004 but my dance card was full. I was able to finagle a few hours at home on Saturday morning to ...
Ralph Wallio, W0RPK
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Jul 5, 2004 11:44 am
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... From: Guy Clark Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 11:40 Subject: Re: GPSL QST de AB0DP; The balloon SSTV pictures are now on my web site. I did it this way to...
The flight was perfect.We were able to go above the 60k feet or 20k meters. The primary pack had the W0WR-11 unit (vx-1r,7.4v Li-Ion batt. pack,Garmin...
Hi Zack, The 2003 GPSL was sponsored by EOSS, supported by Colorado Space Grant (whose payloads flew on some of the 6 GPSL flight strings), and we launched...
Mike Manes
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Jul 5, 2004 8:48 pm
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Hi folks, The League's "Big Project" aims to introduce ham radio to middle and secondary school students via "hands' on projects". This is the same tack that...
Mike Manes
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Jul 5, 2004 8:56 pm
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Hi Harry, Trees, schmrees .... Turns out we REALLY needed muckin' boots! Great to see and work with ya this weekend. Wotta gas! 73 de Mike W5VSI ... -- Mike...
Mike Manes
manes@...
Jul 5, 2004 8:56 pm
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Hi Mark, Well, I guess congratulations are due, darnit! I tried twice to do an ARQ EBBE to N9XTN-9 but the link timed out due to the massive amount of traffic...