BEAR
1 |
Balloon
Callsign | WL7NZ-11
& KL1JP-11 |
LaunchSite |
|
Balloon
Type | Kaymont
1200g |
Payload
weight | 4.25
LBS |
Helium
| approx.
200 cu ft |
Maximum
Altitude | 95,327
ft |
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|
Capsule
1 - Frequency | APRS
144.39 (WL7NZ-11) |
Capsule
1 - Radio | Kenwood
TH-D7A |
Capsule
1 - Beacon Interval | Every
40 seconds with message: (BEAR Balloon Cap1) every 5th transmit |
Capsule
1 - GPS | Garmin
Legend |
|
|
Capsule
2 - Frequency | 144.70
(KL1JP-11) |
Capsule
2 - Radio | Byonics
MicroTrak 8000FA |
Capsule
2 - Beacon Interval | Every
15 seconds with message: (BEAR Balloon Cap2) every 5th transmit |
Capsule
2 - GPS | Garmin
Legend |
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|
Capsule
3 (Still Camera) | Pentax
Optio 43WR set to take a horizontal picture every 3minutes
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Capsule
3 | HOBO
Data logger capturing internal and external temperature |
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|
Personnel
Involved |
Design,
Construction and Support: Dr. Neal Brown (WL7NZ), Denise Thorsen (UAF), Rebecca
Lees, Dan Wietchy (KL1JP) |
Testing,
Support and APRS telemetry logging: Linda (AD4BL), Jerry (KL7EDK), Bill Brookins
(KC8MVW) and Carl Horn (WL7BDO) |
|
Airplane
Chase & Recovery Crew: Myles (KL1NU), Kevin (NL7WO), Tim Miner |
Ground
Chase & Recovery Crew: Jerry Curry (KL7EDK), Chuck Johnson (KL7AY), Roger
Burns (AL7BH), Dan Parrish and Dan Wietchy (KL1JP) |
You may
direct any questions to Dan: powellite [at] hotmail dot com |