[Noisebridge-discuss] [Fwd: [maker_faire_hams] Balloon Launch Idea: was Current Status]
Michael Shiloh
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Mon Mar 29 21:45:33 UTC 2010
you'd have to ask them - i just have time to read the subjects.
i met some of them briefly last year - they are a very nice crowd and
i'm sure would enjoy meeting noisebridge in some capacity or another.
perhaps invite them up for a tour and getting to know each other?
many of them participate in the 9am talknet on N6NFI which is one of the
friendliest nets i've ever heard
m
Christie Dudley wrote:
> 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?
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> Christie
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> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Michael Shiloh
> <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com <mailto:michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> hey, now they're talking about a launch at the faire, but need some help
> organizing.
>
> live tracking at the booth! that is always a huge crowd pleaser.
>
> interested?
>
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> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:06:25 -0000
> From: Michael P <mikey at mikey.com <mailto:mikey at mikey.com>>
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> That is a great idea, especially if the booth was getting the APRS and
> SSTV transmissions. But unless someone volunteers, I don't have the
> bandwidth to organize the team.
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> We need a few people to run chase cars as well as the team to ready and
> launch the balloon. Because of the possible hazards, I am not sure of
> the faire grounds is a good starting location for a launch. But, I've
> never Done a launch. I could be wrong.
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> <mailto:maker_faire_hams%2540yahoogroups.com>>, William Dale
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> > I recommend you partly fill the balloon with He and fill the rest
> with air. It will have some lift to support itself but not enough to get
> in trouble. Then you don't have to "hang" it.
> >
> > Have you thought about doing a launch from the Faire? You could get
> some participation from the attendees in some way?
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> > William Dale, N2RHV
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> > Indoors would definitely be best for the display. Even a 300-gram
> > balloon is going to want to bounce around a lot in the wind. It'd be
> > easiest to just hang it from the ceiling inside, just to
> illustrate that
> > it's a balloon payload and to grab people's attention.
> >
> > The SSTV thing will be reusing code from the unit I demoed last
> year, so
> > it'll do Robot 36 and Scottie 1 and 2. Doing that on a parachute jump
> > might be fun, if you can tolerate the extra RFI.
> >
> > The current board layout would be kind of a pain to shoehorn the
> camera
> > onto, so I'll probably do another, and probably rework the
> battery setup
> > at the same time.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > Michael P wrote:
> > > The static display would be very cool. I wrote the other email so
> you and Greg can talk since he has a booth at the faire showing balloon
> flight using ham radio gear.
> > >
> > > Does the unit do the SSTV/APRS transmission that Bernard's gear
> will do? He is using an opentracker+ for the tnc in his SSTV dem at the
> faire.
> > >
> > > Also, when you are ready for testing, we can strap a unit to Mike
> or Mark for use during a Parachute Mobile jump. There should be at least
> one between now and the Makers Faire.
> > >
> > > --- In maker_faire_ hams at yahoogroups .com, Scott Miller <scott@>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Would there be room for a static display of a balloon payload
> or two?
> > >> I've got my new compact tracker (soon with SSTV option) to show,
> and if
> > >> I don't launch it by then, a bigger one with a digital camcorder.
> I've
> > >> got some old 300 gram balloons that could be inflated with air for
> > >> display purposes.
> > >>
> > >> Scott
> > >> N1VG
> > >>
> > >> Michael P wrote:
> > >> > I just send out the information forms to all who volunteered.
> > >> >
> > >> > Everything is moving forward. Mark Meltzer, AF6IM, and myself
> will by giving a talk at the Maker Faire to talk about parachute mobile,
> the devices we are attaching to Mark and Mike and the ata we are
> collecting.
> > >> >
> > >> > Paara will be giving a demonstration on how oscilloscopes work.
> Kristen McInyre, K6WX and Leigh Klotz, WA5ZNU, are heading this up.
> Bernard Van Haecke, KI6TSF, will be demonstrating SSTV. He has SSTV and
> APRS combining into a since transmission and the image showing on google
> maps.
> > >> >
> > >> > Jon Turing,K6OK, will be leading the APRS demonstration effort.
> We will feature the Parachute Mobile gear.
> > >> >
> > >> > Kit Blanke,WA6PWW , and Dave Wolfe, AA6XV, will be giving a
> demonstration Friday evening on EME to the maker faire attendees.
> > >> >
> > >> > I have asked the tham leads to get together with their teams to
> make sure every one is on the same page.
> > >> >
> > >> > I met with the Maker Faire Organizers, Dale Dougherty and Sherry
> Huss this past Saturday at the open make event at the Exploratorium. I
> gave them warning about Kit and Dave antenna. Also Dale is using the
> image from Mark's Parachute Mobile jump APRS data displayed on Google
> Earth in a meeting he is having at Google this week.
> > >> >
> > >> > So all is good. We will have a blast.
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