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Recap of EOSS-107/108
photo/caption by Colin Glennan - WG0E
EOSS 107 strains to take off as handlers try to keep the wind from pushing
the balloon to the ground.
LAUNCH DATE: 15-July-2006
LAUNCH SITE: Deer Trail, CO (Driving
Directions)
Temporary Notes:
Team members who qualify for mileage reimbursement get your information in to
Merle within 7 days:
Mileage Reimbursement Page
Individual Balloon Recaps
Flight Tracks and Predictions only, all other data linked on this page
Recap of EOSS-107
Recap of EOSS-108
Flight Track Comparison of both
balloons
Tracking and Recovery Team
Flight Day Breakfast
EOSS Frequencies:
Global Frequencies
- Preflight Net:
- 147.225 MHz 107.2 Hz tone
- 8:00 PM Night before flight
- Tracking and Recovery
Operations
- 448.450 MHz PPFMA Repeater (100 Hz Tone)
- If flightpath goes east or south
- 449.450 MHz RMRL Repeater (103.5 Hz
Tone)
- If flight path goes northeast
- 146.550 MHz simplex (for both field ops and the launch site)
- Repeater Coverage Pages -
Listings of all repeaters available in the expected flight areas.
- 7.228 MHz + QRM HF (sporadic usage)
Balloon Frequencies
EOSS-107
- Beacon
and APRS
- 145.600 MHz
- ID: K0ANI-11
- Tracking Tone then CW ID then APRS
APRS
- 144.340 MHz (Payload Train)
- ID: AEØSS-11
- DIGI: EOSS
- Node: BALNOD
- APRS Time Slotted Every 30 seconds at 0:00 and 0:30
- Telemetry once a minute
- Sample Data
EOSS-108
- Beacon
- APRS
- 144.340 MHz
- ID: KC0YA-11
- DIGI: EOSS
- Node: BALND2
- APRS Time Slotted Every 30 seconds at 0:15 and 0:45
- Telemetry once a minute
- Sample Data
Payload Configuration:
Internet Gateway Stations:
as seen on Findu.Com
EOSS-107
For AE0SS-11
- K0ANI - Larry Cerney - Denver, CO
- K0AEM-1 - Richard Beggs, Thornton, CO
- K0UT-2 - Bill Beach
- K0YG-7 - Mark Patton - Foxfield, CO
- KC0LNO-1 - Michael M Skinner, Monument, CO
- N0PSJ - Christopher Holmes, Arvada, CO
For K0ANI-11
- K0YG-7 - Mark Patton - Foxfield, CO
- KI4GYZ - Art Hostmark, Thornton, CO
EOSS-108
For KC0YA-11
- K0UT-2 - Bill Beach
- K0YG-7 - Mark Patton - Foxfield, CO
- KC0LNO-1 - Michael M Skinner, Monument, CO
- N0PSJ - Christopher Holmes, Arvada, CO
EOSS wishes to express our sincere appreciation to the stations above who iGated the balloon APRS telemetry onto the internet.
We are relying heavily on real time position information available on the net
to allow the FAA controllers to have up to the minute location data to assist
them in air traffic control.
Redundant stations for the balloon iGating provide excellent coverage. If you are able to iGate we invite you to join the Internet Gateway Team.
Contact me (webmaster@eoss.org)
to be put in touch with the coordinator. By joining
the team, you are giving peace of mind to the iGate coordinator for that flight.
He knows you'll be there and he can rely on you.
Naturally, anyone can iGate data onto the net and even if you aren't a member
of the team we will welcome your contribution to the internet based tracking
effort. If you callsign appears on the findu.com log, you'll be shown as a
contributing station as those above are.
Having
more than one station covering each APRS beacon means that should a station
drop out momentarily, the others can often maintain the data flow.
Thanks again guys! The FAA (and EOSS) are very grateful for your assistance
in this endeavor.
Future I-Gaters:
Check out the EOSS I-Gate page for information on
how to participate and why we need you.
Current I-Gate Stations:
Guys, the prediction program used to determine the track of the balloon prior
to flight can now output a prediction for the Rise, Closest Approach, and Set of
the balloon for each of your stations. I have posted a prediction page for
stations that I have been able to discover geographic coordinates. See the
I-Gate prediction page for an example. The page
will not be updated daily, however, it will be updated the evening prior to
flight for I-gate planning purposes.
I have often been asked by iGaters when they should expect to either start
receiving signals (AOS) or expect to see those signals disappear (LOS). This
prediction page should answer all those questions for you.
Tracking and Recovery Info:
Grid
| Location |
X |
Y |
| Deer Trail |
33 |
58 |
| Punkin Center |
51.5 |
5.5 |
| Calhan |
20 |
18.9 |
| Kiowa |
11 |
40 |
| Touchdown (see Prediction Page) |
Tactical Callsigns
| Tactical |
Callsign |
Name |
Notes |
| Alpha |
N0NDM, KB0YRZ |
Larry and Chris |
Tracking and Recovery Coordinator |
| Bravo |
N0MPM |
Mike with Lisa and Anthony |
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| Charlie |
KI4GYZ |
Art |
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| Delta |
KC0UUO |
Rob |
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| Echo |
W0CBH, WG0E |
Benjie and Colin |
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| Foxtrot |
NQ0R, W6AUN, AB0WV |
Randy, Perry, Frank |
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| Golf |
WA0GEH, N0AUS |
Marty and Al |
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| Hotel |
K0SCC |
Steve with Mike |
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| India |
KB0UBZ |
Ben and Tyler |
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| Juliet |
KP4RF, NP3BY |
Oscar, Gladys |
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| Ground |
AE0SS |
Nick |
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Notes:
Our Customer
Upward Bound & Space Grant Workshop
note: customers are welcome to submit detailed synopses of
their flights or web links to their own web sites.
Recaps by Participants:
Anyone who participates in a flight is welcome to submit their
own recap of the events of the day. It can be as simple as a short paragraph
others will find interesting to several web pages of pictures, graphs, video,
audio whatever.
Topo Mapped Landing Site - Larry Cerney,
K0ANI, has prepared a brief recap of the landing zone including a few topo
maps to illustrate the ground situation.
The T&R Perspective - Benjie Campbell,
W0CBH provides us with his take on the day's events.
Photos:
Launch Site
Recovery Site
Audio:
I have it but it will take a few hours to edit it into web usable chunks.
Later this week probably.
Video:
Nothing received
Data:
EOSS-107
Text
Comma Delimited
EOSS-108
Text
Comma Delimited
Charts:
by Rick von Glahn, N0KKZ
Flight Track Comparison of both
balloons
EOSS-107 Charts
EOSS-108 Charts
by Steve Osborne, KC0YA
EOSS-108 charts (many variables charted)
by Ben Baker, KB0UBZ
Google Earth Tracks
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