[bars] NEST Balloon Launch Saturday

[Jim Idelson]

Congratulations on making that contact, Tim! I was an assistant at the main
NEST location, helping assemble the ground stations and making a few of the
contacts. My conclusion is that the whole thing was a big success - due in
great measure to the efforts of some super enthusiastic young people.

73 Jim K1IR

On Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 1:21 PM Tim KC1RET <kc1ret.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Awhile back I purchased an Arrow 70cm/20m handheld satellite antenna.
> After reading up on the HABGAB project I thought it would be a perfect
> first use.  Well, it turns out that the antenna uses BNC connectors rather
> than '259s and I was one adapter short of hooking it up through a duplexer
> to my HT.  RATS!
>
> After a few moments of disappointment while watching the live feed on
> Youtube I realized that they were sending the downlink audio on the
> livestream.  Ah HA!  I'll just use the HT for the uplink (no duplexer
> required) and listen to the downlink on the live stream.  I forgot about
> the delay. I did hear myself but it was several seconds delayed, far too
> long to complete a QSO with W1U.
>
> Finally, I stuck upon the idea of using my main station 2m radio as the
> uplink and listen to the downlink on the HT with the Arrow antenna.  It was
> a bit of handful pointing the antenna in the general direction of the
> balloon with one hand and keying the mic with the other but I got them
> (W1U) on the first call!
>
> Joy!  My first balloon-repeater QSO!
>
> I did hear at least one other club member, N1CVO, Shawn in Lowell, on the
> downlink.
>
> Congrats to Eric and the rest of the team!!
>
> Eric, I am curious how well your picotracker payload performed.   I didn't
> try tracking it.
>
> 73,
> Tim - KC1RET
>
> On 7/19/2023 11:56, Eric L. Johnson wrote:
>
> Below is a notice from the New England Sci-Tech Club (NEST) for the
> upcoming (weather permitting) high altitude balloon launch.
> Following the link https://nescitech.org/habgab will get you all the
> details, including instructions for using the HABGAB repeater during the
> flight.  We are encouraging Hams across New England to listen to or
> contact the HABGAB repeater.
> I have been involved with this club over the past few months, and have
> attached a small pico-balloon payload which we
> will use at a later date to attempt an around-the-world flight.
>
> Thank You,
> Eric Johnson KC1OAV
>
>
> ============================================================================================
> HABGab 2023 Balloon Launch
> presented by
> New England Weather Balloon Society
>
> Weather forecast is looking great for the weekend.  Still on for
> Saturday.  Keep in mind, the ways to participate include:
>
> Launch Site: Current predictions are placing it in Eastern Connecticut,
> and we'd aim to be there at 9am to start setup.  Final launch site will be
> sent out the morning of launch very early.
>
> HABGab HQ NEST Event: NEST will be hosting people interested in watching
> the flight remotely, doing makerspace activities, and getting help from Joe
> Fitzgerald K1MP, an engineer who works with satellites and satellite
> tracking, to make contact with the balloon repeater from the radio room and
> earn a special event QSL card.
>
> Recovery Efforts: Help out your fellow team by tracking the positions of
> the payloads on https://amateur.sondehub.org/, and reporting the landing
> locations here on groups.io for others interested in helping with
> recovery of payloads.  Join us at one of the 3 payload landing sites to
> help with onsite efforts to retrieve the payloads.  Come prepared for heavy
> wilderness exploration (thick pants, heavy boots, long sleeve shirts, tough
> gloves, hats, bug spray, flashlights, water, snacks, etc.).
>
> Participate from Home: Track payloads online, watch the livestream,
> contact or listen to the repeater, join the Discord
> <https://discord.gg/ZWnvCbVymg> conversation.  Instructions all at
> https://nescitech.org/habgab.
>
>
> =========================================================================================
> --
> Eric L. Johnson
> ericlee.johnson at gmail.com
>
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