[Noisebridge-discuss] Spacebridge launch planning meeting, Sunday 1/10, 5pm

[Christie Dudley]

I hope to know a lot more about radio come time for the meeting as I plan on
attending the Ham Cram on Saturday.

At the heights we're talking about sending this thing, I do think the
concerns that Jof has raised about insulating the batteries are important.


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On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Jonathan Lassoff <jof at thejof.com> wrote:

> Excerpts from Mikolaj Habryn's message of Wed Jan 06 18:44:18 -0800 2010:
> > I know nothing about radio :P how much power and weight would a
> > transmitter sized for 30 miles clear-air range require?  And it is
> > feasible to have a bidirectional link, or would it require being able
> > to orient an antenna on the balloon itself?
>
> If you have line of sight (available for most of a balloon flight,
> except for landing/close to ground), you wont need much power with a
> directional antenna on the ground following where the balloon
> approximately is. It will probably take more power to transmit than
> receive.
>
> The power source is probably going to be the biggest in terms of weight.
> Also, depending on how high up you are, you might need a heater or
> insulation to keep the cells warm enough to function.
>
> I haven't looked at this kind of thing in ages, but I would think
> whatever's the lightest, lowest power radio (that you can use legally,
> ham radio, ISM, etc.) you can find should do.
>
> Closer down to the ground, maybe use the 3G in the *droid?
>
> --j
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