Pretty amazing photography from a Brit guy who strapped a digital camera to a helium balloon and sent it aloft....total cost for the project $750 or so. Space is so close!
While they're kewl - to be certain - balloons're kinda' old hat for us Huntsville folk.
Here's some stuff from a friend's blog about a two balloon launch today at the NSSTC here in town.
If you're an amateur licensee - which I am - you'll understand some of the lingo, and could tune in and listen. (Anyone can listen, but only licensees can transmit.)
Brief statement from Bill's site: "Send us your payload experiment and we'll fly it from our Huntsville, Alabama flight center for $200 per pound - we also provide launch services from your location."
Around 10 am, the second balloon will lift with a Science Fair Camera Project:
APRS on 144.39: WB8ELK-11 DominoEX22 on 144.36 MHz FM: WB8ELK (top of each minute) 300 baud ASCII RTTY (200 hz shift) follows the DominoEX (decode with FL-digi under “custom RTTY” 300 baud, 200 hz shift, 8N1) Every 5 minutes the ASCII will be followed by either a CW message or Hellscreiber mode (on the carrier freq – SSB mode). ================================================= Predicted landing zone is near Cleveland, TN
Did the Brit ride on the balloon also, so he could snap the pix?
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While they're kewl - to be certain - balloons're kinda' old hat for us Huntsville folk.
ReplyDeleteHere's some stuff from a friend's blog about a two balloon launch today at the NSSTC here in town.
If you're an amateur licensee - which I am - you'll understand some of the lingo, and could tune in and listen. (Anyone can listen, but only licensees can transmit.)
Brief statement from Bill's site: "Send us your payload experiment and we'll fly it from our Huntsville, Alabama flight center for $200 per pound - we also provide launch services from your location."
Here's a link - http://home.hiwaay.net/~bbrown/
Balloon 2
Around 10 am, the second balloon will lift with a Science Fair Camera Project:
APRS on 144.39: WB8ELK-11
DominoEX22 on 144.36 MHz FM: WB8ELK (top of each minute) 300 baud ASCII RTTY (200 hz shift) follows the DominoEX (decode with FL-digi under “custom RTTY” 300 baud, 200 hz shift, 8N1)
Every 5 minutes the ASCII will be followed by either a CW message or Hellscreiber mode (on the carrier freq – SSB mode).
=================================================
Predicted landing zone is near Cleveland, TN