Let’s try and help out

73, Jim, w2kfv

Subject line: High Altitude Balloon Launch Seeks Help with SSTV Report

I am Drew Deskur, KA1M, and I am the Director of the Kopernik
Observatory, a public observatory and Informal STEM Education Center in
Vestal, New York, in the ARRL Western New York Section in south central
New York State. www.kopernik.org

On Wednesday, August 13, Kopernik Observatory will be running a High
Altitude Balloon camp for local high school students. On the payload of
the balloon, we will be running APRS (K2ZRO-9) for tracking and we will
also be flying SSTV on 145.600 throughout the flight. We plan to launch
hopefully between 10 to 10:30 AM (1400-1430 UTC) and the balloon should
reach over 100,000 feet. In previous balloon flights, we have had APRS
reports from up in Canada. Total flight time should be approximately 3
hours.

Please trac k the flight on aprs.fi and download the SSTV images if you
are able to do so. We would love to receive copies of images received
from stations in the Northeast and elsewhere so we can share with the
students how altitude matters on VHF. Please send those images to
k2zro@kopernik.org. Thank you!

—

Drew Deskur KA1M

Executive Director

Kopernik Observatory & Science Center

Look Up… Dream Big!

——————————————————————–
ARRL New York City-Long Island Section
Section Manager: James N Mezey Jr, W2KFV
w2kfv@arrl.org
——————————————————————–