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Announcement of EOSS-30
note: The original announcement for this flight was lost. This is a recreation compiled on 18-March-2005. the recreation was prompted by the recent submission by Marty Griffin, WA0GEH, of documents pertaining to the flight.
LAUNCH DATE: May 17, 1997
LAUNCH TIME: 14:00 UTC
LAUNCH SITE: Windsor, Colorado (Gene Fatton's Ranch - Here's a Map)
LAUNCH SITE COORDINATES:
- 40deg 28.493' North
- 104deg 57.756' West West Longitude
EXPECTED TRACK:
- Between 45 degrees and 135 degrees azimuth
FLIGHT EXPERIMENTS:
- Gas Capture (mechanical)
FREQUENCIES:
- 147.225 MHz Colorado Repeater Association
- Preflight Foxhunter Net 8:00PM the preceding night
Launch Site:
- Simplex 146.550 MHz
Telemetry:
- 144.340 MHz FM (1 Watt output)
- The Packet telemetry stream is in ax.25 format at 1200 baud and is readable in plain English for the most part. Included in each telemetry frame is an APRS position string (APRS users see note below). Every few minutes a CW ID is transmitted on this frequency.
Beacon:
147.555 MHz
ATV: (weight contingent)
- 426.250 MHz AM (1 Watt output) - NTSC video
- EOSS Shuttle Video
Foxhunters:
- 449.450 MHz Rocky Mountain Radio League Repeater
- 146.58 MHz Simplex Field Frequency
HF Net:
- 7.235 MHz no net control set as of this writing
Notes:
Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS):
EOSS Shuttle controllers now beacon on the packet telemetry frequency with an APRS position string. If you are running APRS you should be able to graphically track the progress of the flight on the "CODENVER.MAP" map file. The Shuttle is not a TNC equipped packet station. It only reads data from various sensors and experiments and formats and transmits that data in AX.25. Therefore, beacons from other APRS stations will NOT be retransmitted (digi). So, in order to minimize possible interference with hams in your area, we request you turn off the position beacons at your APRS station. Thanks!
ATV:
The Amateur Video Signals from the payload may be picked up by a cable ready TV set on channel 58. However, you need to be very close to the balloon, and have a directional antenna to do this as cable receivers do not have much sensitivity (why should they?). If you don't have a cable ready set, try tuning DOWN from UHF channel 14. Some sets can receive the signal there too.
Who Can Hear It:
Almost all our transmitters are on VHF or above frequencies. Therefore, you need to be line of site to the payload to hear/see it. Since the payload rises to an altitude of over 90,000 feet on most missions, reception is usually possible for folks in most of Kansas, most of Nebraska, most of Wyoming, extreme south eastern Idaho, eastern Utah, north eastern Arizona, most of New Mexico, northern Texas, and western Oklahoma. DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED by the apparent low power of our signals. I usually monitor the Beacon with an HT from the ground station throughout the flight. The signal is strong even at 130 miles and I only lose it when the balloon descends below my horizon.
Marty's Email
I include this email as it is the original preface to the above announcement as it was distributed to various news groups, and email lists.
-----Original Message-----
From: Marty Griffin
Sent: Friday, May 16, 1997 1:02 PM
To: 'eoss@centosystems.com'
Subject: EOSS #30EOSS #30 is on schedule and will launch from Windsor, Colorado at 8:00 am. Listen for the beacon on 147.555 and look for ATV on 426.25. The flight should reach 100,000 ft. and the beacons should be heard in a 450 mile radius. This flight is carrying experiments from the Lockheed-Martin Explorers. We welcome their participation and wish them well.
We also are pleased to welcome the return of Jack, AA0P, who is our founding father for EOSS. We look for Paul, N0JZV to show up and participate. Paul is the creater of the famous "JZV" program used for our tracking and recovery operations. This program helps digest the bearings from the tracking teams and develop a likely location for the payload during flight.
Friday night, tonight, George, N0NJM will conduct the tracking and recovery net on 147.225, 8:00. Logistics for the tracking and recovery operation will be discussed. Please plan to listen in or, if you are interested, joining the effort. Greg, N0ELM is the EOSS Traking and Recovery leader and will be on the net.
The Tracking and Recovery net will be on 449.450 MHz Saturday, May 17. Starting about 6:00 am logistic traffic will start to flow. This will be become a DIRECTED net, all traffic for the recovery effort will be directed through George, N0NJM.
We hope to see some of the students from Creighton Middle School at the launch site.
Again, the instructions for getting to the launch site, (thanks to Ted, N0RQV):
1. Travel !-25 north to exit 262 (Windsor) 2. Exit, travel east 1.5 mi. to a road with no sign, but has power poles. 3 Turn south, travel 0.4 mi to the launch site, a barn on the east side of the road.
Visit our Web Page at: www.usa.net/~rickvg/eoss.htm
webmaster note: the above URL was the original home of the Eoss Web site. I left it in for nostalgic and historical purposes. It no longer exists and clicking on it will only take you to the new domain name holder's advertisement page.