Announcement of EOSS-132

Flight Coordinator: Mike Manes (email to Webmaster and I'll forward it along)

LAUNCH DATE: October 4th, 2008 (wx +1)
LAUNCH TIME: 08:00 MDT (14:00 UTC)
LAUNCH SITE: Crow Valley Recreation Area, Briggsdale, CO (see directions)


EOSS Flight Day Frequencies:

Tracking and Recovery Frequencies

  • Preflight Net:
    • 147.225 MHz 8 pm MDT preceding Saturday night
      • 145.160 MHz simulcast in the Springs
    • 146.640 MHz will serve as a backup frequency
  • Tracking and Recovery Operations
    • 449.450 MHz RMRL (103.5 Hz Tone)
    • 145.295 MHz (100 Hz Tone) - Sterling Repeater
    • 146.550 MHz simplex (same simplex for field and launch ops)
    • Repeater Coverage Pages - Listings of all repeaters available in the expected flight areas.
    • There may be FRS operations see THIS PAGE for a list of channel numbers and their associated UHF Frequencies.
    • 7.228 MHz HF

EOSS-132 Balloon Payload Frequencies

  • Beacons
    • 145.600 MHz
      • CW ID: AE0SS
  • APRS
    • 144.340 MHz
      • ID: AE�SS-11
      • DIGI: EOSS
      • Node: BALNOD
      • APRS Time Slotted Every 30 seconds at 0:00 and 0:30
        • power up at 58 seconds past the GPS minute to properly slot telemetry
      • Telemetry once a minute
      • Sample Data
  • 147.555 MHz
  • ID: W0WYX (no SSID)
  • Crossband Repeater
  • 445.975 MHz input
  • 147.555 MHz output
  • ID: W0WYX
  • ATV
  • 426.250 MHz AM
  • GPS Location overlay
  • ID: AE0SS

Flight Systems: 

EOSS-132

Balloon Manufacturer Kaysam
Balloon Type latex
Balloon Size 1200 gram
Neck Load 13.4 lbs.
Neck Lift 17.4 lbs
Ascent Rate 1200 fpm estimated
Descent Rate 950 fpm estimated
Parachute 10 ft
Peak Altitude determined after flight
Launch Conditions determined at launch

 


Payload Configuration:


Tracking and Recovery Info:

Breakfast

  • Ft. Morgan McDonalds (Google Map)
  • 06:00am to 06:40am
  • note: Ft. Morgan is still almost 60 miles from the predicted landing site, thus the early times

Grid

Location Grid X Grid Y
West Intersection of SR-14 and SR-71 20 20
TrackPoint Test Coordinates 40� 45' N, 103� 45' W 16.2 29.6

Tactical Callsigns

Tactical Callsign Name Notes
Alpha WA0GEH & N0AUS Marty and Al coordinator
Bravo KB0YRZ Chris  
Charlie KC0RPS, W0NFW, N0SSQ Jim, George and Harlan  
Delta WB0DKT, KB6KDF Glenn and Loren and Chris  
Echo N0NDM, W0CBH Larry and Benjie  
Foxtrot KB0LP Dave