KK4DAN
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We are doing another high altitude balloon launch from Carrollton, GA tomorrow starting around 9am ET. We hope to have the balloon in the air by 10am, but it might take longer. If you want to come join us, we'll be meeting in the Hobby Lobby Parking lot in Carrollton.
I have a bunch of links if you just want to follow along from your home and tune in and follow the action.
If you are within range of the Carrollton repeater, you can listen to us on the Repeater 146.640- (131.8) until we get it in the air. Once the balloon launches, you can tune into the simplex repeater on the balloon at 146.550 and this should be able to be heard from just about anywhere here around ATL once it gets up in elevation maybe even further since the balloon will reach heights of 90k-100k ft. This is a simplex repeater, so there is going to be a delay between each transmission as the person has to talk into it have it record their message, and then it plays back after they finish. So each time someone is speaking, you won't hear anything until it plays back. However, we don't want to kill our battery by being on the simplex repeater too much because its powering everything including the APRS, and if we lose that, the balloon payload is probably gone too. So, with the projected path heading SE, its possible, we'll be jumping on the Madras, Newnan, Fayette, Griffin and other repeaters along the path or other ones depending on the path.
This is the projected balloon trajectory path. - SpaceQuest Balloon Trajectory Predictions - Google Maps
The balloon is going to be carrying an APRS tracker and you can track the balloon over the internet via Google Maps APRS. The balloon will be beaconing N4BWR-11. Here is a link for the past 12hrs - Location of N4BWR-11
You can track more then one call sign at a time by separating them with commas. I will be beaconing KK4DAN-5 from my phone and Blake might be Beaconing N4BWR-9. You might also be able to follow WX4BK & KE4YYQ, but not sure on numbers for them. Here's a link with the balloon, Blake, & Myself all included - Location of N4BWR-11,N4BWR-9,KK4DAN-5
Blake will also have the tracking going directly from his webpage - SpaceQuest Flight Tracker
Both Blake and I should be running uStream which allows us to give live updates with our phones and stream it directly to the net. Blake has done this before, but first time for me, so this could be interesting. You can subscribe so that you get an e-mail when we are on the air and you can chat directly to us and we can read the chats and answer you back.
Blake on uStream - N4BWR on USTREAM: .
Dan on uStream - KK4DAN - Ham Channel on USTREAM: Amateur Radio Channel - KK4DAN.
Just as a backup, I'll be running my SPOT tracker too - SPOT Shared Page
It should be a fun day.
I have a bunch of links if you just want to follow along from your home and tune in and follow the action.
If you are within range of the Carrollton repeater, you can listen to us on the Repeater 146.640- (131.8) until we get it in the air. Once the balloon launches, you can tune into the simplex repeater on the balloon at 146.550 and this should be able to be heard from just about anywhere here around ATL once it gets up in elevation maybe even further since the balloon will reach heights of 90k-100k ft. This is a simplex repeater, so there is going to be a delay between each transmission as the person has to talk into it have it record their message, and then it plays back after they finish. So each time someone is speaking, you won't hear anything until it plays back. However, we don't want to kill our battery by being on the simplex repeater too much because its powering everything including the APRS, and if we lose that, the balloon payload is probably gone too. So, with the projected path heading SE, its possible, we'll be jumping on the Madras, Newnan, Fayette, Griffin and other repeaters along the path or other ones depending on the path.
This is the projected balloon trajectory path. - SpaceQuest Balloon Trajectory Predictions - Google Maps
The balloon is going to be carrying an APRS tracker and you can track the balloon over the internet via Google Maps APRS. The balloon will be beaconing N4BWR-11. Here is a link for the past 12hrs - Location of N4BWR-11
You can track more then one call sign at a time by separating them with commas. I will be beaconing KK4DAN-5 from my phone and Blake might be Beaconing N4BWR-9. You might also be able to follow WX4BK & KE4YYQ, but not sure on numbers for them. Here's a link with the balloon, Blake, & Myself all included - Location of N4BWR-11,N4BWR-9,KK4DAN-5
Blake will also have the tracking going directly from his webpage - SpaceQuest Flight Tracker
Both Blake and I should be running uStream which allows us to give live updates with our phones and stream it directly to the net. Blake has done this before, but first time for me, so this could be interesting. You can subscribe so that you get an e-mail when we are on the air and you can chat directly to us and we can read the chats and answer you back.
Blake on uStream - N4BWR on USTREAM: .
Dan on uStream - KK4DAN - Ham Channel on USTREAM: Amateur Radio Channel - KK4DAN.
Just as a backup, I'll be running my SPOT tracker too - SPOT Shared Page
It should be a fun day.