MASSACHUSETTS RADIOSONDE BALLOON LAUNCH
SKYQUEST-2
Region: Eastern Massachusetts
Date/Time: Saturday, May 30 / 1:00 - 2:00 PM
(preliminary; specific time available
later this month)
Rain date: Sunday, May 31
Location: National Weather Service (open house),
Myles Standish Industrial Park,
Taunton, Massachusetts
Other states where
the signals will Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire,
reach easily: Vermont, Maine, New York
Telemetry: 2 meter FM audio tone telemetry at 145.61 MHz;
two temperature channels, one altitude.
Click for preliminary telemetry format
timed telemetry cycle graphic.
typical balloon tracks on a
color map of eastern Massachusetts
HF Net: 3.860 MHz starting about 1300 EDT, 1700 UTC
for check-ins about 15 minutes before flight
begins; your net control operator: Steve Ford
at W1AW, Newington CT; 1500 watts SSB
VHF: launch announcement will be attempted on the
145.23 repeater, Boston
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