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

[Rich Mitchell]

Pat,

I'd like to try a launch Sunday afternoon - early enough to fox hunt or whatever before J&P.  That way Saturday could be devoted to chores, etc. or maybe fine-tuning a PICetSat Lite or two.

Rich
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McHUG - Physical Computing ;) 
MicroController Ham User Group

-------------- Original message from "Pat Kilroy" <pat at patkilroy.com>: -------------- 


> 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 
> 
> Contact info: 
> Cell: 301-537-7645 
> Repeater: 145.410, 146.835, 147.285 or 147.000: 
> ............. Please specify one. 
> E-mail: pat at patkilroy.com or MCHUG List. 
> 
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> 09 at att.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" McHUGgers, There will be a 
> meet to eat Sunday evening (11/22) at 6 pm at the New York J & P Pizza in 
> Finksburg in the shopping center at th 
> e intersection of 140 and 91. Three of us are planning to meet there, eat 
> there, and chat about microcontrollers, etc. Let me know if you want to join us. 
> 73s Rich, N3III -- McHUG - Physical Computing ;) MicroController Ham User Group 
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