[McHUG] Meet And Eat -- This Sunday Nov 22

[Pat Kilroy]

Hi Rich,

Yes, count me in! 

But I have questions and offers leading up to that:

1. I ordered some PICAXE-08M chips but SparkFun 
sent me PICAXE-18X chips instead. I don't know 
why. May I share one with you? (For FREE.) I 
want to get out of the unbearable Program Line 
limitation! (Any one else feeling the pressure of 
the 08M limitations? ... Yes, but they are so 
darn cute!! ... Sheesh.) 

2. I want to hold an unofficial PICetSat Lite launch 
this Saturday or Sunday afternoon from my backyard 
in the Sykesville-Westminster area. (I may even 
have one of my own build to launch by that time.) 
Any one else want to participate -- and talk about 
it at the Meet And Eat this Sunday evening? 

3. Fyi, the SimSat-4 launch has been postponed 
again. Details at http://simsat.net

4. I am building a PICetSat for a test flight soon 
whose main purpose in life is to activate a balloon 
cutdown device. That is, it is to monitor the 
Freescale pressure sensor and activate a (safe) 
balloon-cut away mechanism at a pre-determined 
altitude, starting with a pretty low altitude at 
first (maybe 10,000 feet or lower?) -- that we 
might also want to attempt a Fox Hunt to 
boot!!!

Thoughts on any of the above? 

Thanks! 

Pat N8PK

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