Texas Balloon Launch Tomorrow

The Baylor Amateur Radio club has been working with Josh Ward, a Baylor Staff member and balloon enthusiast, to develop a payload for a balloon launch. The payload includes 4 go pro cameras, a cross band repeater, APRS tracking and a plethora of environmental sensors. It is our goal to reach 90,000 feet which would provide great coverage for the repeater. The launch is tentatively scheduled for tomorrow (November 26) at around 10am central from Comanche Texas. The exact time of the launch will depend on the local conditions and cloud cover and could be anywhere between 10am and 12n . The predicted track of the balloon has it going over the south side of with a predicted burst near Hwy 6 east of the loop. Those interested in live updates can subscribe to the remind.com system by going to http://ift.tt/2fNxyyb

Payload Details:

Repeater Info

• Up: 146.540

• Down: 445.550

• PL 123.0

APRS:

• Balloon – WA5BU-11

• Chase: (simplex 147.555)

  • KK5KN-9 – Pat
  • N5WON-9 – Jacob

If you have a moment and are so inclined we would encourage you to listen in or follow us using APRS.

73’s de WA5BU

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