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EOSS-362 NDIA Flight

This is one 1500g balloon sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the National Defense Industiral Association, carrying student experiments for schools across the country.

Flight Coordinator: 
KFØPCW
Event Date: 
Saturday, October 19, 2024 - 00:00 to 23:45
Alt Launch Date: 
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Launch Site: 
Flights: 

EOSS-362 Lite

Balloon Type: 
Kaymont 2000g Latex
Parachute: 
12 ft Rocketman with Remote Release Charlie
Beacons: 
Beacons
FrequencyCallsignTypeNotes
145.645 MHzKC0D-3APRS/Digi/DFTOP, Secondary Beacon
144.905 MHzAE0SS-1APRS/DFAtlantis for Flight Qual
144.340 MHzKC0D-2APRS/DigiBOTTOM beacon, timeslotted :15 & :45
FrequencyList: 

EOSS Preflight Net @ 7 PM Mountain Time the preceding night:

The preflight net is hosted on the Fun Machine Linked Repeater System https://www.we0fun.com/  

EchoLink *CANONCTY* conference and on the TGIF DMR Network Node: 1997 Talkgroup 815

Denver area Frequencies: 

    • 449.225 MHz (-5 MHz Offset, 141.3 Hz CTCSS) Mt Thorodin
    • 448.150 MHz (-5 MHz Offset, 141.3 Hz CTCSS) DIA
    • 449.975 Mhz (-5 MHz Offset, 100 Hz CTCSS) Westcreek
    • 447.525 MHz (-5 MHz Offset, 146.2 Hz CTCSS) Devils Head   

Back up Pre Flight Net Frequincies

        • 146.940 MHz (-600 KHz Offset, 103.5 Hz CTCSS) Rocky Mountain Radio League (RMRL) Repeater if the Fun machine system is down
        • 146.640 MHz (-600 KHz Offset, 100.0 Hz CTCSS) Denver Radio League (DRL) Repeater will serve as a backup to the backup repeater 

Flight Day:
Launch Site:
        • 446.050 MHz Simplex  
        (Note that some radios assume these are repeater frequencies and attempt to put a 5 MHz offset in the transmit frequency automatically)

Track & Recovery Operations:


        Repeaters:

All linked courtesy of SkyHubLink

    • 449.450 MHz (-5 MHz Offset, 103.5 Hz Tone) RMRL, Mestaa'ehehe Mountain (Squaw Peak)
    • 447.650 MHz (-5 MHz Offset, 103.5 Hz Tone) SkyHub Link, Cedar Point (Limon)
    • 447.425 MHz (-5 MHz Offset, 103.5 Hz Tone) SkyHub Link, Akron (currently unlinked)
    • 447.150 MHz (-5 MHz Offset, 103.5 Hz Tone) SkyHub Link, Hugo
    • 447.600 MHz (-5 MHz Offset, 103.5 Hz Tone) SkyHub Link, First View CO

       Digital Mobile Radio (DMR):

  • Rocky Mountain Wide Network – Talk Group 700 - Rocky Mountain Ham Radio has approval to the use "Wide" for flight operations

        Legacy 2M Simplex Frequency (not generally used due to desense/interference issues with the 2M APRS packets)
        • 146.550 MHz Simplex

2M Direction Finding Frequencies:

  • 144.340
  • 144.360
  • 144.905
  • 145.535
  • 145.645
  • 145.710
  • 145.765

 

Tactical Calls: 
TacticalCall SignNameNotes
AlphaW9CNMike
BravoKC0L, WA0GEHJohn, Marty
CharlieKB0YRZChris
DeltaK0SCCStephen
EchoKC0RPSJim
FoxtrotKF0NLQAnne
Golf
YankeeKE0YALBrad
Live Flight Tracking: 

To view live flight tracking, navigate to https://track.eoss.org