[bars] NEST Balloon Launch Saturday
Tim KC1RET
kc1ret.radio at gmail.com
Sun Jul 23 13:49:11 EDT 2023
Thanks, Jim!
I had no trouble hearing the repeater using only the Arrow 70cm handheld
antenna (7 elements). It was full quieting most of the time despite
being indoors and aiming through heavy tree foliage in the direction of
the balloon. There were some deep, fast fades that someone mentioned
was likely caused by the balloon antenna twisting/flipping.
I'm curious about the details of the ground station - what antennas?
how did you track it? (az+el or just az?)
Also, interested to hear about the results of the other payloads.
Thank you for your efforts towards the success of the project!
73,
T.
On 7/23/2023 13:30, Jim Idelson wrote:
> 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
>> <http://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 <https://nescitech.org/habgab>.
>>
>> =========================================================================================
>> --
>> Eric L. Johnson
>> ericlee.johnson at gmail.com
>>
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