ORB-8 Flight
 
APRS Digipeater
 
Launch date: Saturday April 3
Backup Date: Sunday April 4
Time: 0800 - 0900 CST
 
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Launch Site:

 MA2 - Sperry, Ok
106 Street North & Delaware
(36.3075N / 095.946W)

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Landing Predictions for 4-3-04
70,000 ft Flight
 
Friday  4-2-04
33 miles @ 113 deg
 
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Balloon: 300g Kaysam  
Altitude: 70,000 feet  
Flight time: 2 hours
 
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Payload:
 
APRS DIGI 144.340
Call Sign KC5TRB-11
K12 CW Beacon (147.475)
Audio beacon
Inside/Outside Thermometer
 
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Set your APRS UNPROTO to "VIA KC5TRB-11".
Do not continuously send beacons.
Your beacon rate should be about 5 minutes.
 
We need the position beacons from the
balloon for tracking and too much traffic
will hinder our recovery efforts.
 
This is not a satellite or the
ISS that will stay in orbit. We do
have to find this when it comes down.
Please be considerate!
 
Thanks and Gluck!
 
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Ground Frequencies
 
Simplex_1:    146.550
Simplex_2:    146.535
 
Repeaters:
 
Launch:
146.700 Owasso
 
Chase:
147.090 Claremore
147.060 (88.5) Pryor
146.655 Bartlesville
444.775 (88.5) Bartlesville
146.730 (88.5) Vinita
147.360 (88.5) Vinita
145.350 (103.5) Joplin
145.390 Joplin
147.210 Joplin
 
 
 
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73  
Harry - KC5TRB  
Oklahoma Research Balloons  
    
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