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EOSS 213/214 Metro State and Summit Middle School Recap
EOSS 213 acheived a burst altitude of 89,701ft and landed at 39° 01.956, 103° 15.53
EOSS 214 achieved a burst altitude of 100,352ft and landed at 39° 05.186, 103° 18.722
EOSS Members can submit Mileage for reimburstment at the EOSS 213/214 Mileage Form or here at: http://goo.gl/forms/iKWO5KODbu
A video of the ascent and partial descent of EOSS-214 provided by the STEM Academy GoPro can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLfnW8zXsEk&feature=youtu.be
Recap Gallery:
Original Announcement:
LAUNCH SITE UPDATE. Due to an airspace violation for the Windsor predict, the launch site is shifting to DEER TRAIL.
10/29/15 - Updated Payload plans to Rev B for new lift factor and updated weights.
This flight will be a launch of two 3000g balloons in support of Metropolitan State University and Summit Middle School from Boulder. Additionally, we will be launching payload from STEM School and Academy of Highlands Ranch, and St. John's Military School from Salina Kansas.
Flight prediction for Deer Trail can be viewed here:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/sdb/predict_0.htm Scroll down to the Deer Trail launch site with the latest initialization and click on the GIF link for a map of the flight path.
Event Date:
Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 00:00
Flight Coordinator:
Tom Londrigan KE7KCK
Launch Site:
Grid:
Punkin Center: 30,15 Test N39.000 W103.6000 Answer: 35.4, 25.2
Flights:
EOSS-213
EOSS-213 Will be a flight Supporting Metropolitan State University in Denver. We will carry 8 student payloads.
Balloon Type:
3000g
Parachute:
10ft
Beacons:
| Frequency | Callsign | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 145.6 | KE0BMV-11 | APRS/DF/Cutter | |
| 144.34 | KC0UUO-11 | APRS Beacon |
Payload Plan:
EOSS-214
EOSS-214 will be flight for Summit Middle School from Boulder. It will consist of 6 student payloads (with 2 subassemblies each for 12 student experiments) from Summit Middle School. Additionally, we will have a payload Saint John's Military School from Salina, Kansas and a payload from STEM School and Academy of Highlands Ranch.
Balloon Type:
3000g
Parachute:
10 ft
Beacons:
| Frequency | Callsign | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 147.42 | K0SCC-11 | APRS/DF/Cutter | |
| 144.34 | AE0SS-12 | APRS Beacon | |
| 146.40 | KC0D-11 | APRS Beacon | Under Test |
Payload Plan:
FrequencyList:
Preflight Net:
- 147.225 MHz CRA Repeater (107.2 Hz Tone) 8 pm MDT preceding night
- 146.940 MHz (103.5 HZ Tone) RMRL Repeater if the CRA machine is down
- 146.640 MHz (100 Hz Tone) DRL will serve as a backup frequency
Recovery Operations:
- 448.450 MHz PPFMA (100.0 Hz Tone)
- 449.450 MHz RMRL (103.5 Hz Tone) Backup
- 448.225 MHz (141.3 Hz Tone) Testing… PL verified 7/2/14 Backup
- 446.100 MHz Field Simplex for EOSS #213
- 446.150 MHz Field Simplex for EOSS #214
- 446.275 MHz Car-to-Car Driveout Coordination
- 146.550 MHz Backup Field Simplex
Launch Site Simplex: 446.050 MHz
HF - Possible ops: 7.235 LSB
Tactical Calls:
| Tactical | Call Sign | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha | WAØGEH, KCØD | Marty, Mark | Alpha Trackers, Investigator for KCØD-11 |
| Bravo | W9CN, KBØYRZ | Mike, Chris, Jen | Trackers, Backup Alpha |
| Charlie | KCØRPS | Jim | Tracker |
| Delta | KØSCC, KEØBMV | Steve, Parker | Tracker, Launch Team |
| Echo | KE7KCK | Tom | Tracker, Flight Coordinator |
| Foxtrot | WBØDKT, KCØZIE | Glenn, Darren | Tracker, BWB |
| Golf | KBØLP | Dave | Tracker |
| Hotel | NØIX, KCØUUO | Doug, Rob | Tracker, EOSS President |
| India | KDØWHB | Skylar | Student Tracker, APRS STEM |
| Juliet | KD0JIT | Miles | St. Johns Military Academy Students |
TR Breakfast:
We have an impressive set of trackers for this adventure. All trackers will head for the recovery of EOSS #213. At some point, we will split off several teams to pursue EOSS #214. Standard drill.
Breakfast is at the Limon McDonalds at 6:30. The EOSS #213 payload should be overhead of McDonald's after 7:30 a.m.
Grid References have been posted as well as the test.
We will use the PPFMA Pikes Peak repeater on 448.450 for the bulk of this mission. Please check your radio configurations as it has been a while since we used that machine.
There is room for a tracker to ride along on a couple of these teams. If you are interested, let Marty know and he will make arrangements. Excellent chance to ride with Tom, KE7KCK.
If the flight goes to November 1, you will need to adjust your clocks back one hour for daylight savings. Looks good for October 31 however.
There are several new student groups for these flights. University, High School and Middle School. See Tom's list above. Watch for parent vehicles in the caravan. Please greet the students and learn about their experiments.
Thank you all for your participation this weekend.
- Marty