[SMCARA] APRS balloon

[A.J. Farmer]

A bit of information that might help:

Pat Kilroy who works for NASA Goddard does regular balloon launches
just outside of DC as an educational outreach.  He has done this exact
thing many times over and would be an excellent resource.  Here is his
website for the balloon launches:

http://www.patkilroy.com/simsat/

RPC Electronics is based on the Eastern Shore and specializes in APRS
tracking equipment, including equipment for balloons:

http://www.rpc-electronics.com/

I hope this helps.

A.J.


On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 10:50 PM, mlandmann at juno.com <mlandmann at juno.com> wrote:
> Thanks to all who replied.  I would like to design the balloon package in the next several months and launch it in the late spring or early summer.   Since we have some interest, I will start developing a checklist and list of materials required.  I will monitor eBay for a cheap transceiver.  I have found a balloon that is highly recommended for this project.  I will send out more info as I have it, and we can discuss this further via email and at the next meeting.  Check out http://balloon.pbworks.com/w/page/12703331/FrontPage for more info on what I have in mind.
>
> Thank you all, and if anyone else would like to be involved, let me know.
>
> Allen
> KB3WEY
>
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