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UKHAS Conference 7th September 2013

jaco...@gmail.com (James Coxon) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:49:02 UT

Dear All,

We are pleased to announce that the 3rd UKHAS conference is going to take
place on the 7th September 2013 in London. This year the venue will be at
Greenwich University on the banks of the river Thames and just down the
hill from the Royal Observatory and the (dreaded to HAB) meridian line (the

Launch Announcement - HABE Lab - Friday 21st June - Worcester

adamcudwo...@gmail.com (Adam Cudworth) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:17:25 UT

Hi all,
I'm hoping to get the long delayed 'HABE Lab' flight underway this Friday
if wind conditions hold - they have been bouncing around a bit over the
past few days so it's going to be touch and go if they hold for Friday.
This flight is taking up a few 'science experiments' that school children

Launch announcement PYSY-5

uli.sch...@web.de (mclane) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:55:47 UT

Hello HAB community,
we are planning our next launch - PYSY-5 - next Saturday, 22.6.2012 from
our usual launch location close to Regensburg, Germany. Launch is planned
for 9.30 CEST, provided that wind and weather will allow it. Final
confirmation will be published later this week.
We are launching a minimal payload - just a tracker; this time with a

Launch Announcement - Brightwalton - Saturday 22nd or Sunday 23rd June

calte...@gmail.com (David Akerman) — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:42:10 UT

Winds-permitting I have a launch next weekend, from my usual site in
Berkshire.
It's a photographic payload with tracker plus a backup tracker hanging
below. They are currently on 434.2 and 434.3Mhz but either can be changed
if necessary. Just telemetry this time no SSDV.
I'll probably be running batc video streaming from the launch site and the

Project Loon and Pico Questions

phil...@philipm.com (PhilipM) — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:44:04 UT

I found this today and thought it might be of interest :
[link] Superpressure balloons used to provide
internet, steered via prevailing winds (altitude).
I'm also planning my first pico launch using qualatex 36" balloons. I've
been searching the site, but haven't really found all the info I need. I'm

iHAB-11 Launch Announcement

w0...@w0otm.com — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:30:43 UT

*iHAB-11 Launch Announcement*

The *iHAB Team* is excited to announce the next launch of the *iHAB
Project*! iHAB-11 is scheduled to launch *Saturday June 15, 2013 at
13:00Z (7AM Local)*. NOTE: Weather concerns may shift the launch
times. iHAB-11 is being launched in conjunction with GPSL 2013 in

[UKHAS] Launch Announcement - XABEN-50 Sunday 15/06/13

st...@randomaerospace.com (Steve Aerospace) — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:14:23 UT

Hi Folks - I'm planning on launching tomorrow afternoon from the Elsworth Site - details as follows:

Two trackers on this flight:

434.450MHz - Callsign: HABLAB - 700Hz shift 100 baud 7N1 ASCII

434.250MHz - Callsign: XABEN1 - 650Hz shift 50 baud 7N1 ASCII

Flight Docs to follow.

Steve

Launch Reannouncement - Cheapo 3 pico - 14/06/2013 - 3:30PM

chrisstubb...@googlemail.com (Chris Stubbs) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:40:28 UT

Hi all,
Thought I would re announce today's launch as things got a bit carried away
regrading frequencies on the last.
Launch time: 3:30PM BST
Location: Chelmsford, Essex
Telemetry: *434.300MHz* at 50 baud rtty, 7 bit ascii, 2 stop bits, 0 partiy
bits, 425Hz shift.
Live video feed of the launch and filling will be at

Launch Announcement - HABE 9 - Tues/Wed (18th/19th June) - Worcester

adamcudwo...@gmail.com (Adam Cudworth) — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:47:24 UT

Hi all,
Thought I'd give some advance notice of this flight that I'm planning as it
will have 3 radios onboard so will hog the spectrum.
Hopefully if wind conditions hold, quite an interesting flight will go
ahead next Tuesday or Wednesday. Plan is to send up a 3D printed mascot and
have him separate away from main payload mid-flight - descending by his own

New guy from Suffolk

brianspl...@googlemail.com (Brian) — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:54:43 UT

Afternoon everyone. I have been looking into HAB for a while but have yet
to take the plunge. I'm from an I.T Linux background and recently acquired
a raspberry pi which i'd like to send up along with a couple of small
cameras for capturing the curvature of the earth with. I would also like to
send up some sort of item made by my childs class and have a picture of it

Clarification of two guides

turan6...@gmail.com (Turan Orenbas) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:06:53 UT

I am keen to build my own HAB-payload and so I am seeking - for 3 month -
on the internet to get enough information. I only find guides on the
UKHAS-Wiki - which were really good but I cannot use them because I do not
understand them really.
Could somebody please help me to understand the guide

Re: [UKHAS] Repeater inputs. (was I think:- Launch Announcement - Pico Cheapo launch - 14th June 2013 4PM)

d...@g8kbv.demon.co.uk (Dave B) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:27:06 UT

Hi.

(Why doesn't the digest contain the subject heading for each message? It
makes threading things somewhat dificult....)

. . .

Playing devils advocate for a mo...

I've not got the papers available, but there is something about Licence
Free LPD's not causing any QRM to other users, but must accept it from

Titan One Launch Announcement 09.06.2013

jessoffs...@gmail.com (Jess Baughan) — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 11:46:16 UT

Titan One will be launching from Throrpe Camp Visitor Centre at arround
midday
1 Payload on board
TITAN-ONE : 434.202, 50 Baud, 320 shift, 7N2
Completely new code based very closely on Craag2, code from the old Balcan
trackers has been disposed of since it was found to not switch to flight
mode properly.

AURA - 20th April 2013 - Video

habjoehigh...@gmail.com (Andrew Myatt) — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:35:23 UT

Again many thanks to those who tracked AURA. I have just uploaded a HD
video of the flight onto youTube. It was an Action packed flight.., and
I've overlayed the internal logged data that was collected at about 10hz.
The balloon didn't shred well and it became entangled with the parachute,
and we also had an encounter with a jet (although not too close!). The

Spare Chute for sale

mrbud1...@live.co.uk (Martin Bud) — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:11:34 UT

Hi, hopefully this is the best place.

I’ve got a 4ft Rocketman chute (never used) which I bought in preparation
for a build which never got of the ground J

Can’t remember what I paid for it but if anybody could use it, let me know,

Regs,

Martin.

Mike Willis
Sent: 05 June 2013 08:18

Stubby vs 1/4 wave

ju...@g0nzo.co.uk (gonzo_) — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:49:02 UT

Started a new topic here, rather than pollute Chris' thread with unrelated
chatter....
I'd be interested to know why a stubby/normal mode helical is less
effective than a quarter wave GP.
My reasoning is, that the antenna is just a transformer between the coax
and free space. As long as there are no resistive losses and the match is

Launch Announcement - HABE 8 (Worcester) - June 8th/9th

adamcudwo...@gmail.com (Adam Cudworth) — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:49:31 UT

Hi All,
As I think this weekend might be popular with great weather (at last)
forecast and good winds - just jumping in to say that I may do a flight,
probably this Sunday.
Tracking details:
- HABE (in fldigi)
- 434.300 - as RFM this can be adjusted if need be
- 7n2
I'm probably going to use a short stub antenna instead of 1/4 wave.

Telemetry Code

turan6...@gmail.com (Turan Orenbas) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:48:31 UT

Hi,

my problem is I do not know how to connect a GPS module to an Arduino.
There is no guide on the Wiki.

Turan Örenbas

Launch Announcement - STS-4 Demo Flight - 8-th June 2013

radim.mut...@gmail.com (Radim Mutina) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:01:36 UT

Hello all,

I would like to announce our STS-4 Demo Flight for 8-th June 2013 from HAM FEST Borovce 2013 (Slovakia).

Date/Time: 8-th June 2013 - launch window is set to 6-8AM UTC from CAA.SK - estimated time is around 7AM UTC, but it depends on final ATC permission. I know, it's too early for UKHAS :-)

Launch Announcement - Pico Cheapo launch - 14th June 2013 4PM

chrisstubb...@googlemail.com (Chris Stubbs) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:09:28 UT

Hi all,

I am planning a low ascent rate floaty/pico type flight for the 14th June
2013. Lift off should be about 4PM BST from Chelmsford, Essex.

Aiming for as low ascent rate as possible (1.2m/s) with a 200g balloon and
a 40g payload.

This gives us a nice long flight of nearly 7 hours up to 30km, predictions

Launch announcement - Chalgrove 5/6/7 June - Vortex Flight 6

j...@jcu.me.uk (John Underwood) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:58:57 UT

We are hoping to launch two payloads on a single balloon from Chalgrove (Oxfordshire) on Wednesday 5th, Thursday 6th or Friday 7th June between 9:00 and 13:00 BST.

Frequencies will be the same as last time:
VORTEX on 434.077 (prime) 50 baud
VORTEX3 on 434.223 (backup) 50 baud
VORTEX4 on 434.325 (backup) 50 baud

Launch announcement Cambridge 8th June

upu...@gmail.com (Anthony Stirk) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:57:15 UT

I'm planning to assist a school do a launch from Churchill on Saturday,
I'll firm up details close to Sat but reserving 434.650Mhz & 434.475Mhz.

Cheers,

Anthony M0UPU

Launch announcement ANU-6 Cambridge 8th June

bow...@yahoo.com (David Bowkis) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:50:18 UT

Hi
I hope to launch ANU-6 on Sat 8th of June at about 1200 BST - depending on conditions.
There will be two trackers -
434.075MHz call-sign ANU
434.250MHz call-sign NANU
I will be trying out an IR modified Canon A490.
Details to follow.
David M0MDB

Layerone 2013 - Near Space Exploration Talk

arko2...@gmail.com (Arko) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:48:49 UT

Hey folks,

I did a talk on high altitude ballooning at Layerone (conference in Los
Angeles [link] ) last weekend. I covered the basics and
tried to gear it for beginners. After the talk I did a pico launch as a
demo. Video and picture links below.
Enjoy :)

[link]

Looking To Make Contact With High Altitude Balloon Explorers In The North East

filmmustb...@googlemail.com (Benjamin Freeth) — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:54:09 UT

Hi All,
My name is Ben Freeth. I am currently a researcher at Newcastle University
working with microcontrollers like Arduino and .NET Gadgeteer building
prototypes for various projects. I m looking to connect with fellow people
keen to try high altitude balloon launches, data logging and high altitude

Balcan One Launch Announcement 02.06.2013

jessoffs...@gmail.com (Jess Baughan) — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 22:09:38 UT

Balcan One will be launching from Horncastle at around midday
2 payloads on board.
1. Balcan-One : 434.202, 50 Baud, 450 shift, 7N2
2. Balcan-One-A : 434.252, 50 Baud, 450 shift, 7N2
The 2nd payload will also be carrying one of the 808 keyfob cameras (this
has been tested and found to not interfere with the gps)

Transmit power of HAB's

fama...@iol.ie — Sun, 26 May 2013 23:54:43 UT

Hi all,
I'm a radio amateur in Dublin with a keen interest in satellites and have a
reasonable setup with radios and tracking antennas.
My query is about the transmit power and antennas used or permitted on
HAB's.
On Sunday 26th between 11:30 and 12:15 local time I received fm ritty
signals from BABSHAB very well, at about 5/5, then attempted reception from

Request for permission to use images from peoples flights

m...@adrian-hicks.co.uk (Adrian Hicks) — Sat, 25 May 2013 10:16:46 UT

Hi,

I've been discussing using peoples images from flights to extract exif data
with a view to creating a reference of exposures for manual photography in
HAB.

Would any of you object to me using your images for this?

I will of course link and credit. I will also add to the wiki.

Regards

Planned Launch - Saturday

mjc3...@aol.com (MickMondo) — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:31:37 UT

Hi all,
I,m planning to launch this Saturday from Elsworth at around 11.00 ish...
My first launch this year ... I'm testing out a modified NTX2 which is now
set at 434.475
Call sign is MONDO-1
I've set the shift at 500 and hopefully should drop off to around 425 ish
as the cold sets in..
Listeners welcome

[UKHAS] Launch Announcement: XABEN50

st...@randomaerospace.com (Steve Aerospace) — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:31:12 UT

I may launch a payload this weekend - most probably Sunday. Planning to use 434.300MHz.

More details closer to the time.

Steve Randall
st...@randomaerospace.com
+44 7802 242135

SEBA-3 launch annoucement, 25-05-2013 @10:00 UTC Jaworzno near Wieluń/ Poand (SOLAR/ATV/HF)

vero...@gmail.com (SP9UOB) — Thu, 23 May 2013 06:55:25 UT

Hi,

Im planning on launching from ŁOŚ hamfest on saturday 25.05.2013 1600
hwoyee/hydrogen with following payloads:

ATV 1250 MHz/ FM/ 300 mW output
RTTY pico-tracker (MAX7 GPS) 437.600 MHz 50 baud 7n2/470 Hz Shift
RTTY solar-only powered 437.612 MHz baud 7n2/470 Hz Shift
RTTY HF 29.494 MHz 50 baud 7n2 240 Hz Shift 500 mW output power - this

Re: Slovakia - STS-3 PICO TEST Flight Announcement Saturday May 18

radim.mut...@gmail.com (Radim Mutina) — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:59:22 UT

Hi guys,

STS-3 payload ([link]) was succesfuly recovered at the second attempt yesterday of high oak by XXL "sondekiller" reinforced by randomly found wooden parts - the total length of the monster was about 14 meters ! :-)

[link] - me and the monster

Re: [UKHAS] FF and Flash etc.

d...@g8kbv.demon.co.uk (Dave B) — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:19:08 UT

Worked OK here, FF21 on XP. Make sure your Flash player (etc) is all
up-to-date. FF can disable out-of-date plugins by default now, but you
can overide that "if you wish".

Sometimes you have to do a flash player re-install after a FF update
anyway, that's more an issue with Flash, than FF.

Launch Announcement - Brightwalton - Sunday 26th May

calte...@gmail.com (David Akerman) — Mon, 20 May 2013 06:47:08 UT

Early warning that I'm hoping to launch on Sunday. That's one of the days
that BABSHAB might be launching, and uses the same frequency, but that's at
silly-o-clock in the morning and mine won't be :-)
Mine has a pair of NTX2s so it'll use both .075 and .650. If that gets in
anyone's else's way let me know please - I could possible disable one

Launch Announcement - STRATODEAN Two - 18/05/13 Afternoon, from Coleford, Forest of Dean, UK

stratod...@gmail.com (STRATODEAN) — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:32:04 UT

Hi All
The winds and weather predictions have changed so we are aiming for a
launch this Saturday afternoon, predicted direction is towards Wales. We
estimate the time to be around 14:00 but will confirm on here and twitter
ASAP.
We are launching from Coleford, Gloucestershire, UK.
STRATODEAN Two: $$SDEAN, 434.650MHz, 50 baud, 350hz shift, ASCII-7, 2 stop

iHAB-10 Launch - Recap

w0...@w0otm.com — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:09:10 UT

iHAB-10 Mission Recap
The iHAB would like to thanks the Lemme Elementry School, Mrs
Christianson, Anora Klauke and the rest of her class for participating
in the iHAB-10 launch. As you will see in the highlight video, the
students were super excited about being apart of a space mission. The
students had the opportunity to fly iHAB CanisterLabs on iHAB-10. Each

BABSHAB launch - Great Tew, Saturday 25th May-Monday 27th (exact date to be confirmed next week pending forecasts)

richard.babing...@gmail.com — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:17:05 UT

Hi all,
BABSHAB launch details:
*Location*
Approx location: Great Tew, Oxfordshire
Exact location: Within 500m radius around latitude 51.956468, Longitude
-1.416999
*Date and Time*
25th-26th May weather and forecast dependent, to be updated mid next week.
Launch 0600-0700 BST in all cases.
*Trackers*

Slovakia - STS-3 PICO TEST Flight Announcement Saturday May 18

radim.mut...@gmail.com (Radim Mutina) — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:34:41 UT

Hi all,

Tomek was quicker than me :-)

I would like to announce our first PICO Qualatex test flight - it looks like this weekend will be "PICO weekend" in the Central Europe.

We will try to launch our new PICO:

Date/Time: 18 May 2013, approx. 9:00 UTC
Flight: STS-3 PICO TEST:STS-3
Freq: 438.020 MHz USB - pretty far away from Tomek's UOB-PICO

PICO Launch friday 17 or saturday 18 may Heading Norway :-)

vero...@gmail.com (Tomasz Brol) — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:03:40 UT

Hi UKHAS,

Depending on weather conditions im planning to lauch Qualatex pico with
payload of 24 grams

[link]

If everything will be ok, predicted landing is somewhere in Norway or
Denmark - so any trackers form this area are welcome :-)

[link]

First Launch - Sci1

oakdena...@gmail.com (Alan Oakden) — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:04:06 UT

Hi all,
A few colleagues and I from work are looking to do a launch on the Morning
of Wednesday 15th May.
Lift off will be about 10, though don't be surprised if that gets moved
back.
The launch will take place at Elvington, York, North Yorkshire, UK. (
53.924398,-0.964759).

Payload:
Sci1: 434.650MHz, 50 baud, 420hz shift, ASCII-7, 2 stop bits, no parity

What comes with cylinders?

rich...@grenfellfamily.f9.co.uk (Richard) — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:48:48 UT

Hi everyone
Its going to be our first time launching soon & I have a quick question
about gas.
Where is the best place around Cambridge to get H2 & what would the
cylinder normally come with?
Do they come with regulators or would we need to supply one?
thanks
Richard

Decoding RTTY tips

steven.dod...@gmail.com (Steve) — Sun, 12 May 2013 07:56:39 UT

Hi All,
I have managed to transmit RTTY using the information found
here [link][]=ntx2 however
decoding it is proving to be a bit of a challenge and was hoping that
someone here may be able to help.
I have a ATGMega 328p sitting on a Gertboard hooked up to my Raspberry Pi

Solar Pico project.

billings.stephe...@gmail.com (Solar Balloonman) — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:44:22 UT

After a semi ok flight this monday. [link] I'm
looking at making a larger balloon that will be able to lift a pico
system. Is there anyone who has one that they don't mind loosing/ not
getting back? If so I'd like to come to an arangement for getting it. Or
a joint project could be aranged, I suply the balloon (solar), you suply

Old Radio For Sale? (Suitable for HAB tracking)

adamcudwo...@gmail.com (Adam Cudworth) — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:25:35 UT

Hi all,
I know that every now and then people post here to advertise an old radio
for sale.
Just wondering whether anyone does have a radio for sale (suitable for HAB
tracking) - I'd rather purchased from a fellow HABer than from eBay!
Thanks
Adam

School project needs some help - Bristol

h.how...@orchardschoolbristol.co.uk — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:34:17 UT

Hi
I work for a group of schools in Bristol who are just embarking on a
project where we trying to find out how to measure changes in the
OZONE above Bristol using a high altitude balloon. We are in the
very initial planning stages - I presently no nothing!!
Two initial questions - 1 - Is there a sight near Bristol that

UKHAS Conference 2013

jaco...@gmail.com (James Coxon) — Wed, 08 May 2013 22:13:39 UT

Hey all,

Now that summer has arrived its time to start planning the 2013 UKHAS
conference.

Current details:

* 1 day conference
* Saturday 7th September 2013
* London Venue
* Similar setup to before, talks in the morning then (more organised)
workshops in the afternoon
* Some sort of streaming... if not we'll definitely record it and post it

iHAB-10 Launch Announcement

w0...@w0otm.com — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:34:00 UT

*iHAB-10 Launch Announcement*

The *iHAB Team* is excited to announce the next launch of the *iHAB
Project*! iHAB-10 is scheduled to launch *Friday May 10, 2013 at
14:00Z (9AM Local)*. iHAB-10 is titled, "Lemme" for Lemme Elementary
School, where the kindergarden class has designed and decorated 19

Dressed To Chill

calte...@gmail.com (David Akerman) — Sat, 04 May 2013 15:08:07 UT

You may remember a launch I did back in early February, up in Alston, on a
snowy golf course in the midst of a blizzard. Not the most pleasant of
conditions but it did make the launch "interesting" and the snow was
perfect for the video that was produced from the day's activities. So here
is possibly the most unusual HAB video you've seen for a while ...

[UKHAS] Flight Announcements - Elsworth launch fest Sunday 5th May

st...@randomaerospace.com (Steve Aerospace) — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:58:41 UT

In somewhat of a launch fest there are a few flights planned from Elsworth Cambridgeshire this coming Sunday:-

* A flight by Imperial College SEDS - on 434.650MHz - I have no more detail on this but it doesn't sound like it will be de-codeable by fl-digi - so I'm mainly posting to stop any frequency use conflicts.

Selling off Kit - Balloon - Arduino - GPS Shield Logger

dave.jo...@davejay.co.uk (Davejay) — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:06:38 UT

Hi all, I hope this is within rules, if not I'm very sorry!

After a few years of collecting some of the bits needed I've never actually
found time to construct my balloon ready for a flight. So instead of it
sitting in the cupboard I may as well pop it on eBay & put the money to
other uses.