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<font face="Verdana">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!<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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!<br>
<br>
Joy! My first balloon-repeater QSO!<br>
<br>
I did hear at least one other club member, N1CVO, Shawn in Lowell,
on the downlink.<br>
<br>
Congrats to Eric and the rest of the team!!<br>
<br>
Eric, I am curious how well your picotracker payload performed.
I didn't try tracking it.<br>
<br>
73, <br>
Tim - KC1RET<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/19/2023 11:56, Eric L. Johnson
wrote:<br>
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<div
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Neue";word-spacing:1px" dir="auto">Below is a notice from
the New England Sci-Tech Club (NEST) for the upcoming (weather
permitting) high altitude balloon launch.</div>
<div
style="font-size:1rem;color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px" dir="auto">Following the link <a
href="https://nescitech.org/habgab" target="_blank"
style="font-size:1rem" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://nescitech.org/habgab</a> will
get you all the details, including instructions for using
the HABGAB repeater during the</div>
<div
style="font-size:1rem;color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px" dir="auto">flight. We are
encouraging Hams across New England to listen to or contact the
HABGAB repeater.</div>
<div
style="font-size:1rem;color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px" dir="auto">I have been involved
with this club over the past few months, and have attached a
small pico-balloon payload which we<br>
</div>
<div
style="font-size:1rem;color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px" dir="auto">will use at a later date
to attempt an around-the-world flight.</div>
<div
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Neue";word-spacing:1px" dir="auto"><br>
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<div
style="font-size:1rem;color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px" dir="auto">Thank You,</div>
<div
style="font-size:1rem;color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px" dir="auto">Eric Johnson KC1OAV</div>
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Neue";word-spacing:1px" dir="auto"><br>
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<div
style="font-size:1rem;color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px" dir="auto">HABGab 2023 Balloon
Launch<br>
presented by<br>
New England Weather Balloon Society<br>
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Neue";word-spacing:1px" dir="auto"><br>
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<span
style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px">Weather forecast is looking great
for the weekend. Still on for Saturday. Keep in mind, the ways
to participate include:</span><br
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Neue";word-spacing:1px">
<br
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Neue";word-spacing:1px">
<span
style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px">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. </span><br
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Neue";word-spacing:1px">
<br
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Neue";word-spacing:1px">
<span
style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px">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.</span><br
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Neue";word-spacing:1px">
<br
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Neue";word-spacing:1px">
<span
style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px">Recovery Efforts: Help out your
fellow team by tracking the positions of the payloads on </span><a
href="https://amateur.sondehub.org/," rel="noopener"
target="_blank"
style="font-size:1rem;font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://amateur.sondehub.org/,</a><span
style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px"> and reporting the landing
locations here on </span><a href="http://groups.io/"
target="_blank"
style="font-size:1rem;font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px" moz-do-not-send="true">groups.io</a><span
style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px"> 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.).</span><br
style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px">
<br
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Neue";word-spacing:1px">
<span
style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px">Participate from Home: Track
payloads online, watch the livestream, contact or listen to the
repeater, </span><a href="https://discord.gg/ZWnvCbVymg"
rel="noopener" target="_blank"
style="font-size:1rem;font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px" moz-do-not-send="true">join the
Discord</a><span
style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px"> conversation. Instructions all
at </span><a title="https://nescitech.org/habgab" role="button"
href="https://nescitech.org/habgab" rel="noopener noreferrer"
target="_blank"
style="font-size:16px;word-spacing:1px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg
sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;word-break:break-word;background-color:rgba(2,2,2,0.06)"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;font-size:1rem">https://nescitech.org/habgab</span></a><span
style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica
Neue";word-spacing:1px">.</span><br
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Neue";word-spacing:1px">
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