[McHUG] Meet to Eat and Practical Arduino

Rich Mitchell geobra at att.net
Fri Jan 15 13:30:35 EST 2010


Pete,

Mine is dual band.  I think Pat's is, too.  We just put in the 70cm elements.

Rich
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-------------- Original message from "Peter Morton" <mortonph at comcast.net>: -------------- 


> 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 
> 
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