Recap of EOSS-103/104

LAUNCH DATE: 22-Apr-2006
LAUNCH SITE: Windsor, CO (Driving Directions)

EOSS Frequencies:

Global Frequencies

Individual Balloon Recaps

Flight Tracks and Predictions only, all other data linked on this page

EOSS-103

EOSS-104

Payload Configuration:

Internet Gateway Stations:

as seen on Findu.Com

EOSS-103

For KC0YA-11

  • K0AEM-1 - Richard Beggs, Thornton, CO
  • K0UT - Bill Beach - Ft. Collins, CO
  • K0UT-2 - Bill Beach - Ft. Collins, CO
  • K0YG-7 - Mark Patton - Foxfield, CO
  • N0PSJ - Christopher Holmes, Arvada, CO

EOSS-104

For AE0SS-11

  • K0AEM-1 - Richard Beggs, Thornton, CO
  • K0UT - Bill Beach - Ft. Collins, CO
  • K0UT-2 - Bill Beach, Ft. Collins, CO
  • K0YG-7 - Mark Patton - Foxfield, CO
  • N0PSJ - Christopher Holmes, Arvada, CO

For K0ANI-11

  • K0ANI-7 - Larry Cerney, Denver, CO
  • K0UT - Bill Beach - Ft. Collins, CO
  • K0UT-2 - Bill Beach, Ft. Collins, CO
  • K0YG-7 - Mark Patton - Foxfield, CO
  • KI4GYZ - Arthur Hostmark, Thornton, 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
West Junction of SR-14 and SR-71 45 35
NE-Peetz 75 59.3
SE-Otis 82.6 3
SW-Roggin 8 4.5
Launch Site (Windsor) -22.43 25.57

 

Tactical Callsigns

Tactical Callsign Name Notes
Alpha N0NDM Larry Tracking and Recovery Coordinator
Bravo WA0GEH, KI4GYZ Marty and Art  
Charlie W0CBH, WG0E Benjie and Colin  
Delta KB0UBZ, KB0YRZ Ben and Chris  
Echo KC0RPS, W0NFW Jim and George  

 

Notes:

Our Customer

Colorado University Gateway program and Demosat program.

note: customers are welcome to submit detailed synopses of their flights or web links to their own web sites.

Recaps

Text recaps written up by participants of the event.

Photos

Launch Site

EOSS-103 Landing Site

EOSS-104 Landing Site

Audio

I inadvertently changed frequencies on the main monitor, thus losing audio for approximately 30 minutes. However, I had a backup recorder running off an HT. So, all the audio is there but you may notice a difference in the quality of the recording during the second and third MP3 files. Most notably, the AGC on the HT's recorder is very HOT and you can easily hear the background noise level come up during "silent" moments. But, the recordings are perfectly listenable.

Data

EOSS-103

KC0YA-11

Separated Payload Predictions

EOSS-104

AE0SS-11

K0ANI-11

Charts