[K3PZN-List] SimSat-4 Flight Announced

[Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680)]

A High-Altitude Balloon Experiment To Fly 
in our local area.  (Or, "take an hour 
break from the Maryland QSO Party fun".  
Note: the PICetSat II will be roving 
across Md county lines.  Don't miss it!)  

HERE IS the link with fun flight facts, as 
promised! . . . 

       http://patkilroy.com/simsat/4/  

If the weather is bad, or we are not ready, 
then we will announce it on the VHF net this 
Saturday morning (K3PZN/R).  

Any make up date is To Be Determined, but, 
let it be known, we will be flying these 
experiments on a semi-regular basis through 
October and beyond.  

Cheers,

Pat
N8PK

from
Century Mission Control Center


-----Original Message-----
From: Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680)
Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 10:51 AM
Subject: K3PZN: PICetSat II Maiden Voyage To Be Announced

I HOPE TO announce in the next 48 hours 
SimSat-4, a test flight of the PICetSat II 
module to occur no earlier than this 
Saturday morning, 8:00 A.M. EDT.  

I hope to put up a web page with the facts 
and send you the link.  For now, the downlink 
will be on about 434.000 MHz FM in about 
10 WPM CW with a complete frame being sent 
every 104 seconds including a rest period.  
Our code reader of choice is either GetCW or 
FLdigi, found on the web.  With these you 
may employ a "save to text" file function 
to capture data.  

I am looking for volunteers to copy the 
telemetry live and report back to me 
your TIMESTAMPED log results.  We will 
use the K3PZN/R on 145.410 of Westminster, 
Maryland to coordinate our efforts.  

More info to follow later.  (The launch 
team is VERY busy right now.)  Thank you!  

Cheers,

Pat Kilroy
N8PK


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Mr. Patrick L. Kilroy
Flight Systems Integration and Test (I&T)
Building 5, Mail Code 568
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
Phone: 301-286-1984
E-mail: Patrick.L.Kilroy at nasa.gov
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