[aprssig] Balloon Launch Thursday maybe 10 AM
Thomas Krahn
thomas at tkrahn.com
Wed Jul 17 19:44:45 EDT 2013
I agree,
I wouldn't feel comfortable launching a $10,000 payload with at least 3
independent high altitude GPS trackers.
If you could wait with the launch a few more days I could send you a Pecan:
http://kt5tk.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/pecanpico3/
http://kt5tk.wordpress.com/?s=Pecan&submit=Search
Thomas
KT5TK
On 07/17/2013 06:33 PM, Jason Rausch wrote:
> Bob,
>
> You could have came to me and I would have found a way to get an
> RTrak-HAB to you for this flight. Not only would it be a proven HAB
> platform flying, but it DOES work above the 18K limit and will
> remained lock for the flight. I just don't understand why these
> cobbled together payloads are used for such important flights.
> Jason Rausch - Amateur Radio Callsign: KE4NYV
> RPC Electronics, LLC
> www.rpc-electronics.com
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu>
> *To:* aprssig at tapr.org
> *Cc:* wa3nan at lists.nasa.gov; aprs at yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2013 6:56 PM
> *Subject:* [aprssig] Balloon Launch Thursday maybe 10 AM
>
> Launch from Lancaster PA, mild winds.
> Should go up to 100k feet and then come down not far from launch. Be
> heard across 15 states.
> Though it is a non high altitude GPS and FIX will be stuck above 18k
> feet until it comes back down.
> Callsign is W3ADO-11 and it will be on 144.39
> If anyone KNOWS that a Tinytrack3 and GPS2 from Byonics will **not**
> re-aquire when it comes back below 18k feet please let us know NOW.
> Thanks The rest of the payload costs $10,000 and we don’t want to
> lose it. It is a different schools project that noone else can
> access, so I wont bother with details.
> Bob
>
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