Three exempt 1500g balloons were launched from Deer Trail, Colorado on Saturday April 9, 2022.
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We are GO for Saturday Launch. Check the maps at the link below for directions to the launch site and check the prediction for Deer Trail to understand where the balloon will go.
We are planning on a Saturday, April 9 flight from Deer Trail Colorado. Click on the Deer Trail link for directions. Flight predictions can be found here. Look for your balloon and date and click on the Deer Trail GIF to see the predicted path.
If sky cover is greater than 5/10ths, the 3000g balloon will be split into two 1500g balloons in the following configurations:
A 1500g balloon carrying three packages of student experiment payloads and one student payload from Westminster High School.
Frequency | Callsign | Type | Notes |
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145.645 MHz | KC0D-1 | Remote Release / DF | Secondary Beacon |
144.340 MHz | AE0SS-12 | APRS / Digi EOSSA | Primary Beacon |
A 3000g balloon carrying five BalloonSat payloads from CU Boulder's Gateway to Space class and four payloads from Littleton Public Schools.
Frequency | Callsign | Type | Notes |
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144.905 MHz | KC0D-14 | Remote Release / DF | Secondary Beacon |
144.340 | AE0SS-13 | APRS / Digi EOSSX | Primary Beacon, Timeslotted 0:10 & 0:40 |
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
DMR:
RMHAM DMR “Rocky Mountain Wide" has been approved (Talk Group 700).
Simplex Frequencies:
• 446.100 MHz EOSS-322 Field Simplex
• 446.150 MHz EOSS-323 Field Simplex
• 446.200 MHz EOSS-324 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)
2M Direction Finding Frequencies:
Tactical | Call Sign | Name | Notes |
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Alpha | WA0GEH, KC0D | Marty, Mark | |
Bravo | W9CN, N0JPS, | Mike, John | |
Charlie | KE7KCK | Tom | |
Delta | K0SCC, N0NDM | Stephen, Larry | |
Echo | KB0YRZ | Chris | |
Foxtrot | KC0L | John | |
Ground Station | N2XGL, Randy, K5JK, KB0TVJ | Jeff, Randy, Tom, Russ | Rus is Remote, FAA |
Hotel | WB0DKT, KB6OKA, KC0ZIE | Glenn, Edna, Darren | BWB Returns |
Launch Team | K0MCW, N0FTI | Tony, Steve | |
Lima | K0LOB | Jim | |
Yankee | KE0YAL | Brad | |
India | KC0RPS | Jim, Flight Controller | |
Juliett | KE0ZJV | Matt, CU |