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Radio Tacking | Balloon News
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News about weather ballooning for the enthusiast. Skip to primary content. High altitude balloons / weather balloons. GSM / GPS locators. High Altitude Balloon supplies – Commissioned flights. Eyes UK radio tracking. Big Red Bee currently builds APRS radio trackers in the US. It’s main offering at the moment is the 70 cm APRS radio tracker, though it makes trackers broadcasting on other bands. The tracker features:-. Lithium-Poly battery lasts for more than 8 hours. Range: 20 miles line of site. There ar...
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JOTA 2014 – Two Successful HAB Flights – ProjectHAB
http://projecthab.co.uk/2014/10/22/jota-2014-two-successful-hab-flights
Experiments in High Altitude Ballooning. VAYU v1.02 HAB Tracker PCB. VAYU-NTX v1.04 HAB Tracker PCB. JOTA 2014 – Two Successful HAB Flights. October 22, 2014. So the plan was for Chris Stubbs. To launch on Saturday 18th October and me to launch on Sunday 19th October at Kingston Ridge Scouts Campsite. Chris filling his 100g Pawan Latex Balloon. Assembling The Cubs for Launch. Perhaps I needed more gas! 5 – 4 – 3 – 2- 1 – Launch! Due to a hiccup with the mic input on the laptop, we used a USB soundcard do...
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VAYU v1.02 HAB Tracker PCB – ProjectHAB
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Experiments in High Altitude Ballooning. VAYU v1.02 HAB Tracker PCB. VAYU-NTX v1.04 HAB Tracker PCB. VAYU v1.02 HAB Tracker PCB. VAYU v1.02 Eagle Preview with all layers visible. This design came about after I recovered a tracker board by Chris Stubbs. I had already removed the microSD card socket since telemetry can be extracted from the Habitat. Website after a flight. This gave room for the regulator circuit. Chris assisted me in designing extra large traces to deal with the ‘high’...The final touches...
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Payloads – ProjectHAB
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Experiments in High Altitude Ballooning. VAYU v1.02 HAB Tracker PCB. VAYU-NTX v1.04 HAB Tracker PCB. October 14, 2014. Time does wizz by! It’s almost the day of my next launch. I was invited to the JOTA event by Mike Lynn G1KOT in order to launch a balloon and demonstrate HAB tracking to the Scouts and Cubs at Kingston… Continue Reading →. AVR/Arduino Timing Issue with fresh ATMEGA328p. July 2, 2014. June 2, 2014. Launch Announcement – [POSTPONED]. January 15, 2014. UPDATE 21/01/2014] Due to the wind dir...
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Foil – ProjectHAB
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Experiments in High Altitude Ballooning. VAYU v1.02 HAB Tracker PCB. VAYU-NTX v1.04 HAB Tracker PCB. JOTA 2014 – Two Successful HAB Flights. October 22, 2014. So the plan was for Chris Stubbs to launch on Saturday 18th October and me to launch on Sunday 19th October at Kingston Ridge Scouts Campsite in Essex. Chris was already on site by the time arrived. I was kindly… Continue Reading →. Launch Announcement – [POSTPONED]. January 15, 2014. November 5, 2013. October 30, 2013. I’m going to re-launch...
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Telemetry – ProjectHAB
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Experiments in High Altitude Ballooning. VAYU v1.02 HAB Tracker PCB. VAYU-NTX v1.04 HAB Tracker PCB. JOTA 2014 – Two Successful HAB Flights. October 22, 2014. So the plan was for Chris Stubbs to launch on Saturday 18th October and me to launch on Sunday 19th October at Kingston Ridge Scouts Campsite in Essex. Chris was already on site by the time arrived. I was kindly… Continue Reading →. AVR/Arduino Timing Issue with fresh ATMEGA328p. July 2, 2014. Launch Announcement – [POSTPONED]. January 15, 2014.
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PHOTOS - Near Space Ballooning - Stratospheric Photography
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Launch 1: Iowa to Michigan. Launch 2: Illinois to Indiana. Launch 3: Mohave Desert (CA-NV-AZ). Launch 4: Grand Canyon, Arizona. Launch 6: Arizona to Colorado. Launch 8 and 9: Colorado. Launch 11: Bad Lands, South Dakota. Launch 12: Cheesehead in "Space". Launch 15: Grand Canyon, Arizona. 9658; LAUNCH 7. Uncovered a problem with the manually set f-stop being ignored. A solution was found by setting a piece of tape over the lens contacts. The f-stop was set to f8 on this launch. 9658; Hwoyee Balloons.
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PHOTOS - Near Space Ballooning - Stratospheric Photography
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Launch 1: Iowa to Michigan. Launch 2: Illinois to Indiana. Launch 3: Mohave Desert (CA-NV-AZ). Launch 4: Grand Canyon, Arizona. Launch 6: Arizona to Colorado. Launch 8 and 9: Colorado. Launch 11: Bad Lands, South Dakota. Launch 12: Cheesehead in "Space". Launch 15: Grand Canyon, Arizona. 9658; LAUNCH 3. A3300 IS (16 MP). A1100IS (12.1 MP). A3300 IS (16 MP). 9658; Kaymont / Totex Weather Balloons. 9658; Hwoyee Balloons. 9658; Pawan Balloons. 9658; Raven Aerostar. 9658; Smith and Williamson. 9658; Spot GPS.
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PHOTOS - Near Space Ballooning - Stratospheric Photography
http://www.nearspaceballooning.com/launch-1/photos
Launch 1: Iowa to Michigan. Launch 2: Illinois to Indiana. Launch 3: Mohave Desert (CA-NV-AZ). Launch 4: Grand Canyon, Arizona. Launch 6: Arizona to Colorado. Launch 8 and 9: Colorado. Launch 11: Bad Lands, South Dakota. Launch 12: Cheesehead in "Space". Launch 15: Grand Canyon, Arizona. 9658; LAUNCH 1. CALMAR, IOWA TO CEDAR SPRINGS, MICHIGAN. A1100 IS (12.1 MP). 9658; Kaymont / Totex Weather Balloons. 9658; Hwoyee Balloons. 9658; Pawan Balloons. 9658; Raven Aerostar. 9658; Smith and Williamson. 9658; Ne...
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MISSIONS - Near Space Ballooning - Stratospheric Photography
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Launch 1: Iowa to Michigan. Launch 2: Illinois to Indiana. Launch 3: Mohave Desert (CA-NV-AZ). Launch 4: Grand Canyon, Arizona. Launch 6: Arizona to Colorado. Launch 8 and 9: Colorado. Launch 11: Bad Lands, South Dakota. Launch 12: Cheesehead in "Space". Launch 15: Grand Canyon, Arizona. 9658; LAUNCH 12 : CHEESEHEAD IN "SPACE". Saturday, November 22, 2014. 1:26 PM CST, Storm Lake, IA [ 42.626581,-95.232747. 5 lb 9oz (including chute, lines, and radar reflector). 114,343 feet [ 42.59351, -92.91104. 9658; ...
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