Announcement of EOSS-107/108

LAUNCH DATE: 15-July-2006
LAUNCH TIME: 7:30 am (13:30 UTC) second balloon 45 minutes later
LAUNCH SITE: Deer Trail, CO (Driving Directions)

Tracking and Recovery Team
Flight Day Breakfast

Final breakfast location determined the evening before flight.

• Talkin: 146.880 MHz
• 5:30 am
• Location: Flying "J" Travel Plaza (Truck Stop)
  • 16751 E 32nd Ave, Aurora, CO
  • South of I-70 1 block on the west side of Airport Blvd.

EOSS Frequencies:

Global Frequencies

• Preflight Net:
  • 147.225 MHz 107.2 Hz tone
  • 8:00 PM Night before flight
• Tracking and Recovery Operations
  • 448.450 MHz PPFMA Repeater (100 Hz Tone)
    • If flightpath goes east or south
  • 449.450 MHz RMRL Repeater (103.5 Hz Tone)
    • If flight path goes northeast
  • 146.550 MHz simplex (for both field ops and the launch site)
  • Repeater Coverage Pages - Listings of all repeaters available in the expected flight areas.
  • 7.228 MHz + QRM HF (sporadic usage)

Balloon Frequencies

EOSS-107

• Beacon and APRS
  • 145.600 MHz
    • ID: K0ANI-11
    • Tracking Tone then CW ID then APRS
• APRS
  • 144.340 MHz (Payload Train)
    • ID: AEØSS-11
    • DIGI: EOSS
    • Node: BALNOD
    • APRS Time Slotted Every 30 seconds at 0:00 and 0:30
    • Telemetry once a minute
    • Sample Data

EOSS-108

• Beacon
  • 147.555 MHz
    • ID: AEØSS in CW
    • Tracking Tone then CW ID
• APRS
  • 144.340 MHz
    • ID: KC0YA-11
    • DIGI: EOSS
    • Node: BALND2
    • APRS Time Slotted Every 30 seconds at 0:15 and 0:45
    • Telemetry once a minute
    • Sample Data

Flight Systems:

We may convert to a single 54,000 cu. ft. plastic Raven for the entire flight payload train.

EOSS-107

EOSS-108

Payload Configuration:

• Payload_Plan_107-108A.pdf

Internet Gateway Stations:

Future I-Gaters:

Check out the EOSS I-Gate page for information on how to participate and why we need you.

Current I-Gate Station:

If you are present at your iGate during the flight try and monitor the tracking and recovery frequency. The ground station likes to check the frequency prior to launch to find out if any stations are out there ready to igate the traffic onto the net for the FAA to monitor.

The prediction program used to determine the track of the balloon prior to flight can now output a prediction for the Rise, Closest Approach, and Set of the balloon for each of your stations. I have posted a prediction page for stations that I have been able to discover geographic coordinates. See the I-Gate prediction page for an example. The page will not be updated daily, however, it will be updated the evening prior to flight for I-gate planning purposes.

I have often been asked by iGaters when they should expect to either start receiving signals (AOS) or expect to see those signals disappear (LOS). This prediction page should answer all those questions for you.

Tracking and Recovery Info:

Grid and Tactical Assignments for EOSS-107/8 as of Friday, July 14, 2006 20:15 MDT

Grid

Location	X	Y
Deer Trail	33	58
Punkin Center	51.5	5.5
Calhan	20	18.9
Kiowa	11	40
Touchdown (see Prediction Page)

Tactical Callsigns

Tactical	Callsign	Name	Notes
Alpha	N0NDM, KB0YRZ	Larry and Chris	Tracking and Recovery Coordinator
Bravo	N0MPM	Mike with Lisa and Anthony
Charlie	KI4GYZ	Art
Delta	KC0UUO	Rob
Echo	W0CBH, WG0E	Benjie and Colin
Foxtrot	NQ0R, W6AUN, AB0WV	Randy, Perry, Frank
Golf	WA0GEH, N0AUS	Marty and Al
Hotel	K0SCC	Steve with Mike
India	KB0UBZ	Ben and Tyler
Juliet	KP4RF, NP3BY	Oscar, Gladys
Ground	AE0SS	Nick

Notes:

Our Customer

Upward Bound & Space Grant Workshop

note: customers are welcome to submit detailed synopses of their flights or web links to their own web sites.

Radio Coverage:

Map made with Radio Mobile Deluxe

This is the approximate coverage for a flight launched from Deertrail, Colorado once it reaches 95,000 feet ASL. Red marks a signal below .25 uV

CLICK HERE for a general discussion on radio procedures during the ascent and descent phases of a balloon flight.