Hi Mike, Mylar balloons are not designed for high-altitude flight. Mylar is strong, but it doesn't stretch like latex and Neoprene do. A balloon that does...
Hi Mike, Yeah, mylar is stronger, but it's also heavier and it doesn't stretch. So a mylar bag that can accomodate a volume expansion of 100 x, necessary to go...
111,083 altitude td outside of Lindsborg,KS. The TinyTrack failed around 85K and heard once in a while.It was W0WR-11 on 144.39.That is why it was not heard...
During the last chase we were discussing why the temperature was climbing up near the burst altitude. www.rckara.org/temp/2001b.pdf The above link is to a...
Hi Zack, That's the tropopause you're seeing - the interface between the troposphere and the stratosphere. And yeah, the first time I saw that, I thought we'd...
The problem Mike refers to has dogged the OAT sensors on all my flights. When you are up in near-vacuum with the sun beating down on your payload, it's almost...
The University of Tennessee Amateur Radio Club (UTARC) is pleased to announce the flight of UX-3. This mission will be flown with the call of K4T-11. This...
A back problem has kept me out of work for a couple weeks - just now getting back to somewhat normal. It's also delayed any launch prep work, too. Our next...
Zack and the gang in Hutchinson KS are planning a launch for Saturday. They will have a single payload on 144.34 MHz with call W0WR-11. Max altitude expected...
It appears Zack got his balloon off the ground even with the 30mph gusts at Hutchinson. KC5TRB is picking up some data from Tulsa. So far nothing heard here...
Nothing heard from any of the Igates who switched to 144.34 since about 0920 CDT. If you're in central or eastern Kansas, you might switch to 144.34 to see if...
I might have data on the packege.I went over the logs,and if I am reading it correct ,I might have altitude reports. I need to talk to Zack first. Jon Project...
We're still planning on a 0800 CST launch from Wood River, NE on Saturday, Nov. 5. The most current 12z GFS model puts the landing about 10 miles NE of ...
...long day at work, but I had to run a prediction before calling at a night to see what the wind Gods may have in store for us. The latest 12z GFS, has the...
Both the 12z GFS and NAM are placing the landing slightly east of Omaha. One puts it NE around Underwood, IA and one puts it SE around Silver City, IA. This...
Things haven't improved much this evening. The NAM and GFS models have Omaha surrounded. We have one touchdown in Glen Cunnigham Lake and the other in Lake...
I've ran predictions from various launch points and I'm having a difficult time finding someplace that won't bring us down in the vicinity of Lincoln or Omaha....
We will launch from the Seward, NE fairgrounds at approx. 10:30 CST / 1630z Final landing predictions will be posted this evening, but at this time it appears...
I'm moving the launch time to 11:00 CST / 1700z to give some of our much needed help time to get into position. I'll be running and posting some predictions...
Wayne KE6DZD and I are planning to chase upon completion of the Bellevue Veterans' Day parade (about 1100 to 1130). We'll be leaving from Old Town Bellevue...
Just arrived back home. Great day for a launch, Mark and Wayne from NSTAR assisted with tracking & recovery. Thanks to all that Igated on 144.34 for us....
Noted on the Foxhunt listserve today... Long time, no activity! :-) Today while scanning the band I came across a cw id on 146.565. I grabbed my tape measure...
In case you don't want to read the whole email I'll _try_ to sum it up. This gentleman - Ray Perkins - created a cool program that plots moving (and non...
Finally..... NSTAR 05-E is scheduled for Sunday, November 20th, at 0800 CST (1400 UTC) from Treynor High School in Treynor, Iowa. This launch will be paired...
I FINALLY got the data and pictures somewhat sorted and uploaded. I decided to use some different software for the "thumbnails" this time, it's much faster and...
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