On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:24 PM, meredith scheff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:satiredun@gmail.com">satiredun@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hey guys, you requested i let you know what i need from you:<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Fantastic, thanks for tracking these :) </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
the balloon- it's specs (anything you know). <br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The balloon is a military meteorological balloon, model ML-541A/AM. We'll be inflating it to between 7 and 10 feet in diameter, depending on final payload mass.</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">the payload- weight, any sort of construction notes (can be general)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>
We're expecting at most 10-15 lbs of total payload, though we'll be aiming to build something as light as possible. The payload will contain a laptop computer, video equipment, and an interactive light display controllable from the ground.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Other than the payload itself, we'll also be suspending the big noisebridge sign from the balloon which is... about 2' square or so?</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
the wifi/transmission system</blockquote><div> </div><div>We're flexible on this - if they have an overall wifi network plan, we can work with them to either use their network, or pick frequencies that won't interfere (ie, we can use 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g or 802.11n; whatever they prefer), but if they have no preference, we'll aim to be using 802.11g to connect.</div>
<div><br></div><div>On the ground, we'd like to have an APRS beacon running to demonstrate how we can track things via the Internet, which would be a periodic 60 second APRS beacon at 144.390 MHz.</div><div><br></div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">what's needed at the base station<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>On the ground we'll be using an off-the-shelf wifi access point with multiple computers connected to it, ideally including a projector and screen as well as multiple monitors. We'll also have some large-format photographic prints. </div>
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and any other techno mumbo jumbo. <br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Do we need any more ideas on tethering, or is all of that sorted now?</div><div><br></div><div>m.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<br>meredith<br clear="all"><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br>doing stuff and making things<br>---<br>"A traveler. I love his title. A traveler is to be reverenced as such. His profession is the best symbol of our life. Going from - toward; it is the history of every one of us. It is a great art to saunter." -Henry David Thoreau<br>
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