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ANSR-34 Flight Summary
Launch 27 Jan 2007
Payloads NASA Space Grant Payloads,
Payload Computer, Pico Beacon
Flight Notes
 ARHAB (Amateur Radio High Altitude Ballooning Record) 2007 long distance QSO record of 309 miles.
Great radio log from John, WK5C, who was monitoring the flight from New Mexico. Thanks for sending this...
Radio Log 1/27/07. All times in Zulu, per Oregon Scientific Atomic Clock
FT-8800 @ 50 watts, Diamond X-200A @ 40 feet
1637 Listening 145.560 FM (Xmt freq) and 445.525 FM (PL=162.2 Hz) (Rx freq)
37 Squelch breaking on 445; reported same to WA5WHN
41 Intermittent voice and APRS signal on 445. KD7LMO?
47 QSO w/ KD7LMO near Casa Grande @ 47k ft (Mike)
49 Called KJ5FJ on land line (he never came up on freq)
50 51500 feet. 1 signal strength light bar on FT-8800
51:15 Went silent in mid transmission. Unknown station
53 LMO called me for email address
58 reported @ 57k ft near Florence, AZ
59 58k ft
1700 Query about station on other side of mountains by LMO. 2 light bars
4:22 62k ft de LMO + CW ID KD7LMO
23 Mobile; Mike could barely copy me. Went back to shack
24 77 k ft. 4 bars
25:56 79k ft 5 bars
40 83,200 ft 5 bars 6 station calling (later determined to be in ABQ) KQ6UP
32:07 W5BI mobile at ABQ tailgate
33:40 Unidentified Las Cruces station on 445
34:45 86,500 ft NCS talking to BI in tailgate
35:11 N5QO Las Cruces NM, Dale Harris
39 90k ft
40 4.7 miles North of Florence, 15 – 20 MPH
42:15 92k ft
43 ABQ NM: KG6MVB heard
45:45 95100 ft
48 Numerous attempts by NCS to contact KQ6 station. We can hear him fine; he can’t hear downlink.
49:20 98k ft. Burst forecast
50:50 BURST!
51:30 98860 feet max altitude reported by NCS
54 Prediction package discussion; heavy signal flutter on rx
55:51 squelch bursts on rx (Kerchunks) heard
53:40 52400 ft de LMO
1800 No sigs. No repeater capability from my station
1805 No sigs
1810 No sigs
1815 No sigs.
1820 No sigs. Secured station.
Respectfully submitted
John Beakley
WK5C and WK5C-1
32d 17.136 m
-106d 38.322 m
Elevation = 4660
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Flight Data
Data and statistics recovered from Pico Beacon Flight Data Recorder:
Peak altitude 98,856'
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Pico Beacon Flight Data Recorder contents as comma separated text (ASCII). NOTE: This file contains the complete flight recording in one second increment. Additional information on telemetry measurands included with Pico Beacon - Data Logger
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