[McHUG] Meet to Eat and Practical Arduino

[Peter Morton]

I'm available.  Let me know.

I can bring for show-and-tell my Arduino controlled dual synthesizer box 
that contains a standard Arduino board, and Si570 programmable crystal 
oscillator and an AD 9851 synthesizer board (DDS-60 from AMQRP).

I'd like to discuss putting together an Arduino board, GPS module, and 433 
MHz transmitter module in a balloon launchable package.  I need to know what 
size balloons are available and what the payload capacities are.  For 
example, are balloons available that can carry the Arduino board, GPS 
module, and some AAA batteries.

I was recently looking at the Arrow Antenna web site.  I noticed that the 
Arrow antenna that covers both 2-meters and 70 cm. has a 1/4-20 tapped hole 
near or under the hand grip for mounting to a camera tripod, but no mention 
is made of a mounting hole on the 70 cm. only hand-held antennas.  Does your 
(Rich's) antenna have a mounting hole?

Here is a YouTube video by K7AGE assembling an Arrow combination 2-meter and 
70 cm. antenna and mounting on a tripod:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A9ZrHNkG9E

-Pete, W3GVX