We're just over a week away from launching our first flight of the year. This will be the third attempt at getting this flight off the ground, so hopefully the...
My how time flies. It doesn't seem like a month ago that I sent that last email to the list... Thanks Wayne for pointing out the error in the date. Perhaps I...
The predictions the last few days have had a westerly component to them and the distance downrange continues to shorten. If this trend continues, it could be a...
This morning's 12z GFS has the track southeast with a landing between Sutton and Grafton. The current forecast is showing light winds for Saturday morning. If...
Hi Roger, The Knode for the AE0SS-11 beacon is BALNOD, and the EOSS ground station call is AE0SS. I'll be at the keyboard. I'll see if I can put CNNSP in the...
The latest 12z GFS model has the track bearing 133 degrees and 26 miles downrange with a predicted landing a few miles north of the Harvard airfield. The...
Hi Roger, EOSS-118 launch has been moved up to 0800 MDST (0900 CDST) per FAA request to be back on deck NLT 1030 MDST (2.5 hrs). So we may be filling a bit...
I'll be on 144.34 MHz with a temporary setup from my QTH near Waterloo NE. My rig will be a 2m 50W mobile feeding a ~5dbi omni about 20' AGL. I'll be trying...
Hi Mark, Well, the current predict is for a ENE flight, so the most distant EOSS station on the flight will be the AE0SS ground station in Deer Trail. You...
The 15z GFS this evening has the track almost due north and a landing just over 9 miles from the launch site. I'm still planning on a 0900 CDT launch time....
Almost forgot, you can watch for Kevin Mohr, our Cessna 172 aerial support on Saturday, callsign KC0MWM-7 on 144.34 MHz. Thanks Kev. 73 de Roger KCØMWM ...
I received an email from the managing editor of Nebraska Life Magazine a few months back, asking me about the images on our website. He was interested in how...
Here's the latest 15z GFS. Interesting looking track. Now we're looking at almost due east and around 11 miles downrange. I think it's safe to say that it will...
The latest 15z GFS shows a track bearing 102 deg, and a landing 14 miles from the launch site. Surface winds are still forecast to be light <10 mph out of the...
My apologies, the chase aircraft as KC0MWM-7 will unfortunately have the jogger icon, instead of the airplane when seen on APRS. That's what I get for waiting...
I'm listening, but have heard no CNNSP APRS or CW beacon. CNNSP now at 60,000 ft. ... Harry Mueller - KC5TRB - Tulsa Oklahoma Research Balloons Home Page -...
I am hearing tones but only decoded one packet at 55K (ascend) on 144.34. I can hear the UHF CW very clearly, strong enough to break sql on the rig. Wayne...
Chase plane now airborne. Only fair luck with getting digipeats through CNNSP. Maybe 5%. No westbound traffic heard, but I did hear one packet from W0RPK...
We successfully recovered the payloads from a tree along the Platte River. I was a little nervous as one of Nebraska Public Power District's largest ...
I've got some nice video of the balloon during ascent, unfortunately because of the slow ascent rate, the memory card reached its capacity prior to burst. ...
Here's a cleaned up version of the path I took on my first Balloon Chase. http://www.srcproductions.com/aprs/images/First-Balloon-Chase.jpg Yes some of it was...
A little over a week since the launch, but I finally have the website updated with most of the information. The spreadsheet with the data is still a little...
This was taken at our max altitude today (110,689'). A big thank you to Roger KC0MWM and all the members of CNNSP who hosted this year's Super Launch. It...
In looking over a few camera listings on eBay, I see that the Canon Powershot A300 and A310 have a pretty good feature set for a balloon payload camera and...
Reviewing the logged data, we recorded on the payload a maximum altitude of 110,915 ft at 14:03:32 UTC. This was about 13 seconds after the highest APRS...
Never Ever Give Up Hope of Recovery! On December 6, 2006, OSU flew ASTRO-6 to an altitude of 96,000 ft. My 10m CW beacon was attached to the bottom of the...
NSTAR Flight 07-B is currently scheduled for Saturday, July 21st at 8:00am. This flight will support the University of Nebraska-Omaha Aerospace Education...
Folks... Having generally lost interest in ham radio I have been liquidating some things that have been lying around gathering dust. I have a Kaymont balloon...
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