[BLT] FW: [Texas APRS] Fw: [Okaprs] NO SUBJECT

[Andrew MacAllister]

Balloon launches!

May 18, 2000 - Thursday @10 AM - Booker T. Washington Balloon Group from
Wharton Municipal Airport - Pressure data as a tone on FRS Ch.1 & fireball
on 28.322 MHz - As the tone frequency gets lower, so does the pressure.  As
the beep rate on the fireball gets slower, so does the temperature.

May 20, 2000 - Saturday @10 AM - R. C. Fisher Middle School & Athens hams
from the Athens Municipal Airport - see attached e-mail from Mikey KK5SC
below.

May 20, 2000 - Saturday @8 PM - Fishfest 2000 Balloonatics from Lake
Livingston, Texas - fireball on 14.318, 28.322 and 50.350 MHz.  As the beep
rate on the fireball gets slower, so does the temperature.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Williams [mailto:williams@seamux.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 8:54 PM
To: Dave Scott; Tim Sargent; Scooter KI5DR; Robert Ziegenhals; Richard
W5SXD Allen; Mike KK5SC Williams; Jim Hilty; Doug KC5VYZ Woodruff; Andy
McAllister
Subject: FW: [Texas APRS] Fw: [Okaprs] NO SUBJECT



okay fellow ballunatics -- head's up!


mikey kk5sc





-----Original Message-----
From: Highlander [mailto:bailey@seamux.com]
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 8:49 PM
To: Eric Lagess; Barry Bateman; George Dean; Jim Thompson; Jim Horton;
Mike Williams
Subject: Fwd: [Texas APRS] Fw: [Okaprs] NO SUBJECT


>X-From_: TexasAPRS-request@itexas.net Mon May 15 20:37:24 2000
>From: "Ben Pollard" <ws5r@arrl.net>
>To: "Texas aPRS" <TexasAPRS@itexas.net>
>Subject: [Texas APRS] Fw: [Okaprs] NO SUBJECT
>Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 20:20:46 -0500
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <shelden3@ionet.net>
>To: <okcham@OkcForum.Org>
>Cc: <okaprs@OkcForum.Org>
>Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 10:53 AM
>Subject: [Okaprs] NO SUBJECT
>
>
>> Fellow amateurs, I'm happy to report that we are "GO" for our first ever
>> amateur balloon launch.   Here's the info:
>>
>> Date:                   Saturday, May 20, 2000
>> Place:                  Athens Municipal Airport; Athens, Texas,
Henderson
>> County
>> Times:                  Set-up 9 AM; Student instruction 9:30; Launch
>> 10-10:30 AM
>> Expected flight time:   2-3 hours
>> Maximum altitude:       130,000 feet or about 25 miles
>> Rate of Rise:           Approx. 820 feet / minute
>> Line of sight:          500 miles +
>>
>> Payload:
>> *       Crossband repeater (446.00 Mhz Up; 146.52 Mhz Down)
>> *       Inside / Outside temp sensor (Announced over downlink every 7
>> minutes)
>> *       35mm film camera
>>
>> Contacts over the crossband repeater will be run contest style.  We'll
>take
>> a round of check-ins and then work that list before taking more.
Students
>> from R.C. Fisher Middle School in Athens will be helping exchange
>> information over the air, so please bare with them.  They're only 12 and
>for
>> most this will be their first experience with amateur radio.
>>
>> Please send your QSLs right away since the students only have a few days
>of
>> school left to display them on the bulletin board.  We'll send out a
>special
>> photographic QSL which will include photos taken the day of the event.
>> These cards may take a month to get printed.
>>
>> If you're coming, bring the following:  hat, sunscreen; water bottle;
lawn
>> chair; handheld radio; camera; camcorder; binoculars.  If you're bringing
>> talkative kids who would want to talk over the radio through the balloon
>> payload, familiarize them with phonetics and have them there at 9:30 for
>> special instructions.
>>
>> Please reply by e-mail if you're bringing a kid from out of town.  We
only
>> have a maximum of 30 5-minute time slots for kids to operate during the
>> 3-hour flight.  I speak at the local middle school tomorrow and I'm not
>sure
>> how much interest I'll get from them.  We just need to get a rough count.
>> If we have only 10 kids, for instance, each will be able to operate
>longer.
>>
>>
>> Also, if you'll be joining us on the air, please reply and let us know
how
>> many students you'll having meet us on the air.  Again, we need to get a
>> rough count so we can plan accordingly.
>>
>> Recovery teams, please check in with our information booth when you
arrive
>> at the airport so we'll know who all we'll have out searching.  And even
>> though it may be warm on launch day, it's best to wear jeans unless you
>want
>> to possibly get scratched up like I did on the last recovery adventure I
>> went on.  We don't know whether it might land in the brush somewhere.
>>
>> There won't just be one event going on Saturday.  This is the grand
>opening
>> of the Athens airport and they will have vintage, experimental, and
>> ultralight aircraft there.  If weather permits, a hot air balloon may
even
>> be launched.
>>
>> Please understand that this is a pilot project--an experiment.
Everything
>> may not go exactly as planned, but it's a learning experience and
>certainly
>> a good time will be had by all.
>>
>> Thanks for your participation.  We'll hope for good weather.  See you
>there,
>> or on the air!
>>
>> 73, James Alderman, KF5WT
>> kf5wt@arrl.net
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Okaprs maillist  -  Okaprs@OkcForum.Org
>> http://okcforum.org/mailman/listinfo/okaprs
>
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