Great Plains Superlaunch

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Thu, 02/26/2026 - 13:33

This will be part of the mass launch from the Great Plains Superlaunch balloon conference taking place in Pella, Iowa.

Flight Coordinator: 
KCØRPS
Event Date: 
Saturday, June 20, 2026 - 00:00 to 23:45
Alt Launch Date: 
Sunday, June 21, 2026
FrequencyList: 

The pre-flight briefing will be in-person at the GPSL conference

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:
        • Local repeater TBD

        Simplex Frequencies:
        • 446.100 MHz Balloon #1 Field Simplex 
        • 446.150 MHz Balloon #2 Field Simplex
        • 446.200 MHz Balloon #3 Field Simplex
        • 446.275 MHz Car to Car drive out Simplex
        (Note that some radios assume these are repeater frequencies and attempt to put a 5 MHz offset in the transmit frequency automatically)

Digital Mobile Radio (DMR):

Coverage TBD


2M Direction Finding Frequencies:

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

 

TR Breakfast: 
at the group hotel
Tactical Calls: 
TacticalCall SignNameNotes
Live Flight Tracking: 

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