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Friday, October 28, 2011

From Jonathan Remba XE1BRX: Gallery of 41 wonderful images showing the Payload for SARSEM ICARUS III

Please see:
and

The SARSEM-ICARUS III flight (the third in 3 years) will be on November 19 2011, launching at 9 am Central Mexico Time, from Leon Guanajuato.

I wish complete success to the State of Guanajuato Radio Club on this flight.



Tuesday, October 25, 2011

ARRL ETP Fox Hunting Beacons

Pueblo Magnet High School Radio Club uses the ARRL Education and Technology Program Fox Hunting beacons to complement classroom learning with a FUN ! radio direction finding outdoor activity:



Some of the Radio Club antennas


ARRL ETP Fox Hunting Beacon


Beacon enclosure

Dr. Miguel Enriquez KD7RPP - Sponsor of the PMHS Radio Club
Award winning Educator (Mathematics - Science - Electronics)
Teaching me how to operate the Beacon


Mark Spencer WA8SME designed the Beacon
See QST May 2011

Circuit diagram and parts list


Sunday, October 16, 2011

My first plot of the elevation profile for ANSR Flight 64

I am very excited after achieving my first plot of a Balloon flight data !!

Elevations in meters, from APRS data:
http://aprs.fi/?call=KA7NSR-13
extracted with the Data Export tool and plotted with a spread sheet.

The elevation of Mount Everest is 8848 meters:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest
ANSR 64 went almost 3 times higher than Everest !!

Thursday, October 13, 2011

SARSEM-ICARUS III Flight - State of Guanajuato Radio Club - November 19 2011

I congratulate the Radio Club of the State of Guanajuato for their wonderful program of balloon flights !!


SARSEM 
Sistema Aerostático de Repetición Sub Espacial Mexicano
SARSEM-ICARUS II videos and images:


The SARSEM-ICARUS III flight (the third in 3 years) will be on November 19 2011, launching at 9 am Central Mexico Time, from Leon Guanajuato

They hope to reach 39 km ~ 130000 feet
Coverage diameter 1000 km
APRS map:  http://aprs.fi/?call=xe1crg-11


Video about the Arizona Near Space Research Balloon Flight 64 (KA7NSR-13) - on October 8 2011



Arizona Near Space Research Balloon Flight 64 (KA7NSR-13) - on October 8 2011