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Update History

For those keeping score, the following is the web site update history.

2008 Updates

August 3, 2008 The following updates were made; (A) added master and slave controller source code for LED Clock Controller and (B) added details on LED Clock Enclosure.

July 29, 2008 Added place holders for future Tube Amplifier and FM Tube Radio.

July 24, 2008 The following updates were made; (A) removed incomplete pubic service page, (B) added aprs.fi to ANSR Track Flight page, and (C) added Bill of Materials for the AM Tube Radio design.

July 18, 2008 Added mechanical and tuning information to AM Tube Radio design.

July 13, 2008 Additional details on the AM Tube Radio design.

June 23, 2008 The following updates were made; (A) added new project AM Tube Radio and (B) added count down for Toys for Tots charity bike ride.

May 28, 2008 Updated the Toys for Tots mountain bike ride information.

May 1, 2008 Updated the ANSR-44 flight summary.

April 26, 2008 The following updates were made; (A) added ANSR-44 flight summary, and (B) update Time Slot information, (C) added Flagstaff Mountain Bike Event information page.

April 5, 2008 The following updates were made; (A) added ANSR-43 flight summary, and (B) broke Update History into year by year sections.

March 4, 2008 Corrected GNU Radio OTA file format information.

February 5, 2008 Udated this title page.

2007 Updates

December 18, 2007 The following updates were made; (A) added the ANSR-42 flight summary and (B) added HF-APRS Hardware graphics.

December 7, 2007 The following updates were made; (A) updates to the HF-APRS transmit schedule and frequency plan, (B) added HF-APRS Block Diagram design details, and (C) updated the project staus on this page.

November 24, 2007 The following updates were made; (A) added student pictures from the ANSR-41 flight, (B) update to the HF-APRS transmit schedule, and (C) added HF-APRS Mechanical design details.

November 21, 2007 
The following updates were made; (A)
added The University of Arizona presentations to ANSR-41 flight summary, (B) added a picture of the inside of a student payload to the ANSR-41 Photos, (C) added ANSR-38 flight summary, and (D) added ANSR-39 flight summary.


November 18, 2007 The following updates were made; (A) updated doxygen generated documentation for LED Clock, Nixie Tube Clock, Pico Beacon, and HF-APRS with version 1.5.4, (B) updated this introduction page, (C) updates to the HF-APRS that provides information on the new hardware, (D) removed very large, detailed tracking maps from ANSR-14 and ANSR-15; smaller maps remain, (E) removed a number of orphaned files and dead links, (F) added FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) to the contacts page, and (G) ANSR-41 flight details.

November 3, 2007 Added ANSR-40 flight details.

August 30, 2007 
The following updates were made; (A) updated doxygen generated documentation for LED Clock, Nixie Tube Clock, Pico Beacon, and HF-APRS with version 1.5.3, (B) updated this introduction page, and (C) upgraded to Dreamweaver CS3 for page maintenance.

August 1, 2007 
The following updates were made; (A) CHANGED e-Mail address on the Contact Page and (B) added APRS Time Slot information.

June 5, 2007 
The following updates were made; (A) updated doxygen generated documentation for LED Clock,
Nixie Tube Clock, Pico Beacon, and HF-APRS with version 1.5.2, (B) general information on Ham Radio, (C) maps and charts for the Toys for Tots mountain bike ride.

April 21, 2007 
The following updates were made; (A) added APRS data to ANSR-1 (yes, the very first fight) flight details and (B) added ANSR-37 flight details.

April 8, 2007 
The following updates were made; (A) added ANSR-35 flight details, (B) added ANSR-36 flight details, and (C) photos of the ANSR-SG ASU Glider flight.

March 31, 2007
 
The following updates were made; (A) changed the dates on this page from 2006 to 2007 and (B) added automatic refresh to ANSR - Track Flights page.


February 3, 2007 
The following updates were made; (A) added note on securing Battery Holders.


January 27, 2007 
The following updates were made; (A) added ANSR-34 flight details and (B) additional details on new ANSR Beacon for Space Grant.


January 4, 2007 
Added initial ANSR Beacon technical details.


January 2, 2007 
Added ANSR-33 flight details
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2006 Updates

December 27, 2006 
The following updates were made; (A) added ANSR-32 flight details, (B) added Nixie Tube Clock reference design, (C) updated schematic and layout for LED Clock hardware, (D) released v1.07 HF-APRS Beacon source code, and (E) released v3.05 Pico Beacon source code.

December 17, 2006 
The following updates were made; (A) added the NSRV Beacon hardware to the payloads section, (B) released v3.04 Pico Beacon source code and Doxygen 1.5.1 documentation tree, (C) added GNU Radio USRP Hardware photo, (D) added note on ANSR-31 and ANSR-32 flights to ANSR summary page, (E) added the LED Clock hardware to the ground station section, and (F) fixed invalid HTML symbols, (G) updates to navigation button text, (H) migrated HTML editor from Front Page (crap) to Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 (a little better).


April 30, 2006 The following updates were made; (A) first page - corrected bad link, updated picture, and sections and (B) added ANSR-30 Recovery photos and information.

April 27, 2006 The following updates were made; (A) added ANSR-30 flight summary and (B) updated APRS World Flight Tracking link.

February 12, 2006 Added ANSR-29 flight summary.

January 12, 2006 Added ANSR-28 Flight Analysis page.

January 11, 2006 Added ANSR-28 flight data recorder, flight path, and charts.

January 3, 2006 Added initial HF-APRS Source Code.

January 2, 2006 Added initial ANSR-28 flight summary.


2005 Updates

December 29, 2005 The following updates were made; (A) updated Mobile GPS Interface hardware to revision D and (B) updated ANSR-27 flight information.

November 21, 2005 The following updates were made; (A) updated Mobile GPS Interface page and added Operational information, (B) updated picture on this page, and (C) added ANSR-27 flight information.

October 16, 2005 The following updates were made; (A) updated PCB parts library (V1.11) on Technology page that includes a wide variety of updates to support board house production of PCBs included on this site, (B) added ANSR-26 flight information, (C) updated Pico Beacon Source Code code to version 3.03, (D) updated Pico Beacon Hardware to Rev. D with PCB built by board house, (E) added projected Repeater Coverage maps, (F) updated Pico Beacon Block Diagram and provided details on UHF frequency generation scheme, (G) added L91 4 Pack battery pack PCB and related information, (H) updated L91 8 Pack battery pack PCB, and (I) added PCB Board House information.

September 21, 2005 Updated GNU Radio Baseline install scripts to remove unused package.

September 12, 2005 The following updates were made; (A) final ANSR-25 updates, and (B) added 60 second GPS snapshot, HD AM broadcast, and LF 100KHz to GNU Radio OTA samples.

September 7, 2005 Updated ANSR-25 flight information with additional pictures, contacts, and HF-APRS over the air logs.

September 4, 2005 Updated HF-APRS Source Code to version 1.05 and source code documentation (doxygen based).

September 3, 2005 Added ANSR-25 flight information, followed by other minor updates and corrections within the next day.

August 27, 2005 The following updates were made; (A) updated HF-APRS schedule and message format information, (B) updated source HF-APRS Source Code to version 1.04 that include a variety of minor updates, a bug fix, and an engineering control mode, and (C) increased the source code font size on a number of pages so you can actually see the text without 20/10 vision.

August 21, 2005 Updated GNU Radio Baseline install scripts to include newer baseline packages.

July 2, 2005 The following updates were made; (A) corrected copyright notice on a couple pages, and (B) updated the Mobile GPS interface board that allow the use of the Motorola series of M12/M12+/M12M receivers in automotive environment.

June 20, 2005 Updated GNU Radio Baseline install scripts to include newer baseline packages.

June 17, 2005 The following updates were made; (A) updated GNU Radio Baseline install scripts to include newer baseline packages, (B) corrected format of ANSR-24 student pictures, and (C) corrected format of ANSR-23 photos.

June 11, 2005 Updated GNU Radio Baseline install scripts to include newer baseline packages.

May 26, 2005 The following updates were made; (A) updated GNU Radio overview, (B) added ANSR-23 search area information, (C) updated GNU Radio Baseline install scripts to include newer baseline packages, and (D) added ANSR-24 student flight photos from lift off and at altitude.

May 1, 2005 The following updates were made; (A) updated Student Projects, (B) updated GNU Radio download links to point to generic Source Forge download, (C) added APRS World tracking link to Flight Tracking page, (D) added ANSR-24 flight information, (E) changed error 403/404 page link to absolute references, (F) updated PCB parts library (V1.10) on Technology page to include - PIC 18F4455/4550 series of USB controllers, added drill holes to Motorola MPX5100xx sensors, added Molex USB type B connector, update TL3301 SMD switch, added drill holes to to Keystone 1028 and 1029 battery holders, upgraded to version 4.14 of Eagle Tool, added placement outline to SHT1X Humidity sensor, added resetable fuse package, added Motorola MPXAZ6115 SMT sensor, and added 2 to 6 position Phoenix Contact PCB terminal blocks. and (G) added L91 2 Pack battery pack PCB and related information.