Eclipse photos from
above the atmosphere taken by the Pforzheim University microwave
ATV balloon of August 11, 1999.
If your group's event or one you know about is missing, please email me. The cooperation of balloon groups helps immeasurably to make a more complete and informative central information site here.
Hank Riley, N1LTV
SkyQuest New England
HABLIC
Upcoming year 2003 launches (click on the flight ID for a detailed notice with technical specs): March 15 Traveler 03A Kansas March 15 HABITAT SkyLab 03A Kansas March 15 NSTAR 03A Nebraska
SkyQuest is a New England region amateur radio project specializing in the balloon launch of expendable weather instrument packages which send telemetry on 2 meters.
We launched the "multimode" (CW and RTTY) telemetry SkyQuest 3 at the National Weather Service Boston Forecast Office open house on Sunday, May 21, 2000. The signals were received at least 220 miles away and lots of data came back and has been plotted. See all the launch photos, data graphs, and estimated track map at the SQ3 photo gallery.
Read more about SkyQuest (info here pertains to the old SQ2 controller) in the SkyQuest section, and see some nice color pictures of our May 1998 launch featured in the September 1998 issue of CQ VHF magazine.
Eclipse photos from
above the atmosphere taken by the Pforzheim University microwave
ATV balloon of August 11, 1999.
LIFTWIN , the balloon inflation and lift calculation program.
Odds and ends:
The official theme music for HABLIC is
by the king of the blues guitar, Albert King, found on the Stax
(Fantasy) vinyl or compact disc entitled "Live Wire/Blues Power."
Hank Riley, N1LTV
N1LTV@amsat.org
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