NSTAR Flight 08-C will be in support of the University of Nebraska-Omaha's Aerospace Education Workshop on Saturday, July 19th at about 8am CDT (1300 UTC)....
Mark ... did you get this message sent to you last Thursday Larry, N0BKB N0BKB and N0ORU will launch 4 balloons. From Anita, Ia 41.442N 094.7667W Sunday,...
Larry Vandewater
vanco@...
Jul 5, 2008 9:38 pm
3515
I'm about 80% sure we'll be using the Treynor IA high school parking lot for our launch. The forecast tracks are showing a landing ESE or SE of the launch...
NSTAR Flight 08-C is scheduled for 0800 CDT on Saturday, July 19th. This flight will feature UNO BalloonSats for their Aerospace Education Workshop. N9XTN-11...
NWS is showing a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms into this Saturday morning. This will be the main complicating factor for us. Some of the weather...
We have delayed the scheduled launch time one hour, to 0900 CDT (1400 UTC). Anyone planning to help launch should arrive about 8-8:15am. I am somewhat more...
We did indeed end up with the storms holding off well to the south and east overnight. There is a fair amount of fog in the river valleys this morning but...
We launched about 0830 from Glenwood HS, a bit early since everything came together for launch prep. However, we had a period of time on descent from about...
http://picasaweb.google.com/mconner1/NSTAR08CAerialPhotos We launched about 0830 from Glenwood HS, a bit early since everything came together for launch prep....
Many of you may have gotten an e-mail purportedly from Yahoo indicating they identified you as a "power user" of Yahoo Groups and that if you click on the...
With respect and kind regards... AMATEUR RADIO GROUP TO FLY MEMORIAL BALLOON FLIGHT FROM HILLSBORO AIRPORT A Memorial Flight for club member John Newman, Cindy...
Hillsboro guys, The flight this weekend August 9th, The crossband repeater 445.800 / 147.560 is it a system that goes BOTH WAYS? IE: no signals nothing...
NSTAR Flight 08-D is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 20th, at about 0800 CDT (1300 UTC) from somewhere in the Omaha area. Launch site will depend on track...
Main APRS: N9XTN-11 on 144.36 MHz (3x per minute, plus telemetry at the top of each minute) Backup APRS: N9XTN-12 on 144.39 MHz (transmit about 55 sec past...
Forgot to include in the last e-mail - the flight is scheduled for this Saturday, Sept 20th, at 0800 CDT (1300 UTC). If the winds permit, we may delay up to...
If anyone has a 1. working but old, 2. water soaked, 3. unassembled or partially assembled, 4. or busted non-working TT or OT that he/she would be willing or...
Weather still looks very good for Saturday. The main issue for our track forecasts is the winds between roughly 20,000 ft and 50,000 ft. An upper-level low...
Still very good for Saturday. Winds should be from the south at less than 5 mph, and there are no winds above 25 mph anywhere in the forecast profile. The...
Still looks good for Saturday. Today's prediction is 113 degrees at 13 miles, or 7 miles ESE of Carson. The ascent and descent will be in something like a...
Given the light winds at the surface and the short case, we've decided to delay our launch to 0830 CDT (1330 UTC). At most we're expecting only high clouds...
Name here is Mike (KE5RJJ) We are planning a launch for the 27th at the Abilene balloon fest and I can't figure out what size parachute we need. Our payload is...
Name here is Mike (KE5RJJ) We are planning a launch for the 27th at the Abilene balloon fest and I can't figure out what size parachute we need. Our payload...
I use a ~6-foot chute with 10-lb total payload and get landing speeds under 1000 ft/min. For 6-7 lbs you'll have a nice soft descent but a longer distance...
Winds across the area continue to decrease after sunset - most stations are calm or south at less than 5 mph. Landing is expected about 6 miles north of Red...
I find this interesting as well. I, too, fly high powered rockets and am somewhat surprised at the sizes of 'chutes recovering balloonists use. Now, I am...
I have read those PDF's and I think they are awesome. I was just getting bogged down in the math with air density and the exact math of it all so I wanted to...
The backup beacon/simplex repeater separated from the stack soon after burst - the last airborne packet was at 17,000 ft. We tracked the main to a landing a...
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