Oklahoma Research Balloons ORB-7 Flight

In conjunction with the National Weather Service
Tulsa Office and Skywarn Recognition Day!

Launch Site: NWS, Tulsa (N3608.913/W09551.752)
Launch date: Saturday December 6
Backup Date: Sunday December 7
Time: 09:00 CST (1500 UTC)
Balloon - 300g Kaysam
Altitude - ???

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Payload #1 - 2m-70cm Cross-Band Repeater.???
Dart - 145.720 (88.5 tone)
ORB - 145.750 (88.5 tone)

Payload #2 - APRS, K12 CW Beacon (147.480)
Audio beacon, Digital PenCam

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Master Control (MC) - TBD
Xband Control (XC) - TBD

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Ground Frequencies

Simplex_1:   146.560
Simplex_2:   146.535

Repeaters:

Launch: ???
Chase: ???
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73
Harry - KC5TRB
Oklahoma Research Balloons

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The DART & ORB flights will be for
Earth Balloon Balloon Earth (EBBE) contacts.

If you are using the DART freq. make your call,
"ORB this is 'YOURCALL'" and wait for a reply.
If you are using the ORB freq., call "DART this
is YOURCALL'" and wait for a reply. Please key-up
for at least a half second before your audio as
there will be a slight delay in the repeaters.

Input freq's for DART & ORB are...

Dart - 145.720 (88.5 tone)

ORB - 145.750 (88.5 tone)

The following info is to be
exchanged between contact stations...

Call

Name

Grid Square

City & State

Good luck, have fun,
and may the FORCE (propagation) be with you!

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73
Harry - KC5TRB
Oklahoma Research Balloons
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THANK YOU!

Mr. Steve Smart, Weather Forcast Office
Norman, Oklahoma, for the balloon.
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George Dykes N5GTD, Computronics (MWC)
for the audio oscillator speaker.
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My son Chase for the PenCam.
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Oklahoma Simplex Group for the ORB message area.
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