Contact Us: nj a_t nicholasjanzen.ca
ARAWR
Amateur Radio Astronomy and Weather ReportingHigh Altitude Ballooning
Calgary and Area
"Poor Mans Space program"
Flights Log
gishwhes-1-2 - Aug 10, 2017
Edison1 - May 27, 2017
UofL1 - March 18, 2017
Arcos3 - Sept 4, 2016
Arcos2 - Aug 20, 2016
ABE-5 - June 18, 2016
27 - May 15, 2016
UCHAB3 - Jan 23, 2016
UCHAB2 - Jan 22, 2016
UCHAB1 - Nov 1, 2015
Eds last flight - May 9, 2015
Icarus - Feb 28, 2015
Sunrise-1 - Nov 23, 2014
Harold Panabake - Oct 23, 2014
Great White - Sept 13, 2014
BunnyLift-1 - July 13, 2014
Lachlan - June 8, 2014
MVA-3 - April 26, 2014
MicroSat-3 - April 13, 2014
MVA 2 - March 13, 2014
CW Beacon 5 - March 8, 2014
MVA 1 (gps) - Feb 7, 2014
MicroSat-2 - Jan 25, 2014
Float-1 - Dec 29, 2013
MicroSat-1 - Oct 26, 2013
GeekTrek1 - Oct 12, 2013
Hawk4 - Oct 5, 2013
Bearlift4 - Sept 28, 2013
Hawk2 - Sept 14, 2013
Hawk1 - Sept 1, 2013
CW Beacon 4 - Aug 5, 2013
Pheonix-4 - Aug 3, 2013
Bear Lift 3 - June 15, 2013
Ontario L2 - June 7, 2013
Ontario L1 - June 5, 2013
CW Beacon 3 - June 1, 2013
ABE-3 - May 18, 2013
CW Beacon 2 - May 12, 2013
Bear Lift 2 - April 28, 2013
Bear Lift 1 - Oct 7, 2012
CW test beacon - Sept 16, 2012
Pheonix-3 - Sept 8, 2012
Pheonix-2 - Aug 25, 2012
Pheonix-1 - July 14, 2012
UnknownName - June 2012
Pictures / Data from MicroSat3
This flight was GPS with a transmitter running around 10 mW, AM on 433mhz. The balloon was launched from inside Calgary. The balloon was predicted to fly south for 70+ km. Average speed was estimated around 80 KM/h. This was a test of a 100 gram balloon inflated with H2 gas. Rate of ascent around 3 m/s. Payload mass is 75 grams with a 4.5Volt battery pack (3xAAA alkine) This launch used around 8cubic feet of H2 (total) and the payload total weight was 75 grams. We used field-hell, RTTY for this flight. Both were readable for the flight, with errors. Overall it was a success, however alot of problems with getting ready. First my program to convert to APRS couldn't read my format (my mistake - i added a field), then my soundcard crashed. When we were ready to launch the GPS wouldn't start up, I have a feeling it didn't like the 6+ volts from the 2x cr123 batteries, so i switched to the backup tracker which was mounted to a 3xAAA holder and launched with 3 alkine batteries.
Video / Audio
Recording
Pictures
2014-04-13 19:29Z $$VE6TS-HAB,20,192547.000,5102.0927,11402.5015,1062.1,,,-1024,1 05,*4D 2014-04-13 19:34Z $$VE6TS-HAB,29,19435.000,5101.1336,11402.5108,1919.3,,,-64,1 11,*4B (invalid) 2014-04-13 19:39Z $$VE6TS-HAB,37,193915.000,5100.2339,11401.7217,2601.3,,,,64,1 10 2014-04-13 19:41Z (2 minutes and 20 seconds apart) $$VE6TS-HAB,41,194135.000,5059.7740,11400.3310,,1 11,*4B 2014-04-13 19:46Z $$VE6TS-HAB,50,194135.000,5057.0056,11358.5990,4190.3,,,-64,1 11,*43 2014-04-13 19:52Z (10 minutes and 52 seconds apart 807.7meters = 1.2meters/s) $$VE6TS-HAB,60,195227.000,5053.2492,11357.2508,4998.0,,,*48 2014-04-13 19:57Z (3 minutes and 50 seconds apart 712.7meters = 3 meters/s) $$VE6TS-HAB,67,195617.000,5049.7940,11356.1194,5710.7,,,-800pd1 11,*47 2014-04-13 1401 $$VE6TS-HAB,70,195617.000,5044.2683,11355.5248,6330.9,,,-800pd1 11,*47 (from hell) 2014-04-13 20:06Z alt 7707.1 2.58meters/s from house to line 67 (30 minutes)