A single 3000g balloon was launched on April 10, 2021 from Wiggins, Colorado.
EOSS-309 KC0D-14 Flight Stats 04/10/2021
13:03:38 UTC Launch 4561 Ft 40.225904, -104.076275
14:19:37 UTC BURST 99971 Ft 40.029072, -103.561414
14:56:21 UTC Landing 4883 Ft 39.875974, -103.321664
Frequency | Callsign | Type | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
145.765 | KC0D-14 | APRS/Release/DF | |
144.340 | AEØSS-13 | APRS / Digi | Slotted 10/40 Digi EOSSX |
EOSS Preflight Net @ 7 PM Mountain Time preceding night:
• 449.225 MHz (-5 MHz Offset, 141.3 Hz CTCSS) Rocky Mountain Ham Radio (RMHAM) Repeater and EchoLink *CANONCTY* conference and the Fun Machine linked system
• 146.940 MHz (-600 KHz Offset, 103.5 Hz CTCSS) Rocky Mountain Radio League (RMRL) Repeater if the RMHAM machine is down
• 146.640 MHz (-600 KHz Offset, 100.0 Hz CTCSS) Denver Radio League (DRL) Repeater will serve as a backup to the backup repeater
Launch Site:
• 446.050 MHz Simplex
(Note that some radios assume these are repeater frequencies and attempt to put a 5 MHz offset in the transmit frequency automatically)
Track & Recovery Operations:
Repeaters:
• 449.450 MHz (-5 MHz Offset, 103.5 Hz Tone) RMRL repeater (Assuming we are flying out of Windsor).
:
Simplex Frequencies
• 446.100 MHz Balloon #1 Field Simplex
• 446.150 MHz Balloon #2 Field Simplex
• 446.200 MHz Balloon #3 Field Simplex
• 446.275 MHz Car to Car drive out Simplex
(Note that some radios assume these are repeater frequencies and attempt to put a 5 MHz offset in the transmit frequency automatically)
DMR:
RMHAM DMR “Wide”. Zone will be “Central East”. W9CN will have EOSS#1 Deployable repeater operating from his truck. Current landing prediction would be within range of the Akron DMR repeater.
Legacy 2M Simplex Frequency (not generally used due to desense/interference issues with the 2M APRS packets)
• 146.550 MHz Simplex
2M Direction Finding Frequencies:
T&R Breakfast:
6 AM @
I HOP
Flying J Truck Stop, Limon, 6:00 am
Tactical | Call Sign | Name | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
ALPHA | WA0GEH. KC0D | Marty, Mark | |
Bravo | W9CN, KD7JNQ, N0JPS | Mike, Kraig, John | |
Charlie | KC0RPS | Jim, Not attending, illness Friday Update | |
Delta | K0SCC, K0BRA | Stephen, Doug | |
Echo | KE7KCK | Tom, FC | |
Golf | |||
Ground Station | N2XGL, K5JK, NOCALL | Jeff, Tom, Randy | |
Hotel | KB0YRZ | Chris, Jen | |
India | N0NDM | Larry | |
Juliet | |||
Kilo | |||
Lima | N6BA | Jeff | |
Tango | KC0L | John, Remote from Texas | |
Yankee | KE0YAL | Brad | |
Foxtrot | KB0UBZ, KA0ZFI | Ben, Ann |