[GCARC] Rowan rocket launch successful!

Thu Jun 27 21:06:33 EDT 2024

Bravo!  Great results from our standpoint...

73 de

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On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 8:37 PM Jon Pearce <jonathanwpearce at outlook.com>
wrote:

> Apologies if this has already been posted but here's the official video
> from the rocket that the Rowan University students launched last week in
> the 2024 Spaceport America Cup in New Mexico. Among other functions it was
> carrying two radios with which GCARC club members assisted. The first was
> the telemetry radio that operates on 70 CM and sends data to a ground-based
> station, which needed an antenna designed for it. After a long Saturday AM
> clubhouse discussion several months ago it was decided that the best design
> would be a vertical half-wave dipole that Chris AD2CS constructed. In
> addition, club members assembled a 5.8 ghz video transmitter to be
> installed in the rocket along with a ground-based receiver that would
> output HDMI to event officials. The telemetry unit apparently worked
> flawlessly; it's not clear if the video unit was successful. But the
> YouTube video linked below shows most of the flight, including the
> deployment of the drogue parachutes (the mains also opene
>  d successfully). The Rowan team has some additional video that they'll
> show when they present at one of our monthly meetings.
>
> Congrats to that team and thanks for letting us join in in the project.
>
>
> https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxLr2G68K7cCOu4ZYE8g_gVj1kaFfedyUX?si=oaqsBtglppPp3bRk
>
> 73 de Jon WB2MNF
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