I'd love to get involved with this, if for no other reason than to get experience with the SSTV. �It'll take some juggling to get the time together to do it, though. �How far along are they and what did they have in mind?<div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Michael Shiloh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michaelshiloh1010@gmail.com">michaelshiloh1010@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
hey, now they're talking about a launch at the faire, but need some help<br>
organizing.<br>
<br>
live tracking at the booth! that is always a huge crowd pleaser.<br>
<br>
interested?<br>
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Date: � Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:06:25 -0000<br>
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That is a great idea, especially if the booth was getting the APRS and<br>
SSTV transmissions. But unless someone volunteers, I don't have the<br>
bandwidth to organize the team.<br>
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We need a few people to run chase cars as well as the team to ready and<br>
launch the balloon. Because of the possible hazards, I am not sure of<br>
the faire grounds is a good starting location for a launch. But, I've<br>
never Done a launch. I could be wrong.<br>
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--- In <a href="mailto:maker_faire_hams@yahoogroups.com">maker_faire_hams@yahoogroups.com</a><br>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:maker_faire_hams%2540yahoogroups.com">maker_faire_hams%40yahoogroups.com</a>>, William Dale <n2rhv@...> wrote:<br>
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�> I recommend you partly fill the balloon with He and fill the rest<br>
with air. It will have some lift to support itself but not enough to get<br>
in trouble. Then you don't have to "hang" it.<br>
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�> Have you thought about doing a launch from the Faire? You could get<br>
some participation from the attendees in some way?<br>
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�> William Dale, N2RHV<br>
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�> Indoors would definitely be best for the display. Even a 300-gram<br>
�> balloon is going to want to bounce around a lot in the wind. It'd be<br>
�> easiest to just hang it from the ceiling inside, just to illustrate that<br>
�> it's a balloon payload and to grab people's attention.<br>
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�> The SSTV thing will be reusing code from the unit I demoed last year, so<br>
�> it'll do Robot 36 and Scottie 1 and 2. Doing that on a parachute jump<br>
�> might be fun, if you can tolerate the extra RFI.<br>
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�> The current board layout would be kind of a pain to shoehorn the camera<br>
�> onto, so I'll probably do another, and probably rework the battery setup<br>
�> at the same time.<br>
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�> Scott<br>
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�> Michael P wrote:<br>
�> > The static display would be very cool. I wrote the other email so<br>
you and Greg can talk since he has a booth at the faire showing balloon<br>
flight using ham radio gear.<br>
�> ><br>
�> > Does the unit do the SSTV/APRS transmission that Bernard's gear<br>
will do? He is using an opentracker+ for the tnc in his SSTV dem at the<br>
faire.<br>
�> ><br>
�> > Also, when you are ready for testing, we can strap a unit to Mike<br>
or Mark for use during a Parachute Mobile jump. There should be at least<br>
one between now and the Makers Faire.<br>
�> ><br>
�> > --- In maker_faire_ hams@yahoogroups .com, Scott Miller <scott@><br>
wrote:<br>
�> >><br>
�> >> Would there be room for a static display of a balloon payload or two?<br>
�> >> I've got my new compact tracker (soon with SSTV option) to show,<br>
and if<br>
�> >> I don't launch it by then, a bigger one with a digital camcorder.<br>
I've<br>
�> >> got some old 300 gram balloons that could be inflated with air for<br>
�> >> display purposes.<br>
�> >><br>
�> >> Scott<br>
�> >> N1VG<br>
�> >><br>
�> >> Michael P wrote:<br>
�> >> > I just send out the information forms to all who volunteered.<br>
�> >> ><br>
�> >> > Everything is moving forward. Mark Meltzer, AF6IM, and myself<br>
will by giving a talk at the Maker Faire to talk about parachute mobile,<br>
the devices we are attaching to Mark and Mike and the ata we are collecting.<br>
�> >> ><br>
�> >> > Paara will be giving a demonstration on how oscilloscopes work.<br>
Kristen McInyre, K6WX and Leigh Klotz, WA5ZNU, are heading this up.<br>
Bernard Van Haecke, KI6TSF, will be demonstrating SSTV. He has SSTV and<br>
APRS combining into a since transmission and the image showing on google<br>
maps.<br>
�> >> ><br>
�> >> > Jon Turing,K6OK, will be leading the APRS demonstration effort.<br>
We will feature the Parachute Mobile gear.<br>
�> >> ><br>
�> >> > Kit Blanke,WA6PWW , and Dave Wolfe, AA6XV, will be giving a<br>
demonstration Friday evening on EME to the maker faire attendees.<br>
�> >> ><br>
�> >> > I have asked the tham leads to get together with their teams to<br>
make sure every one is on the same page.<br>
�> >> ><br>
�> >> > I met with the Maker Faire Organizers, Dale Dougherty and Sherry<br>
Huss this past Saturday at the open make event at the Exploratorium. I<br>
gave them warning about Kit and Dave antenna. Also Dale is using the<br>
image from Mark's Parachute Mobile jump APRS data displayed on Google<br>
Earth in a meeting he is having at Google this week.<br>
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�> >> > So all is good. We will have a blast.<br>
�> >> ><br>
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