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ARRL Tennessee Section (TN)Section Manager
Glen D. Clayton, W4BDB 238 Old Parksville Rd NE Cleveland, TN 37323-5004 423-472-7751 w4bdb@arrl.org |
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News last updated: Tue, June 24, 2008 at 2:46 PM ET
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24 Jun 2008 - The Tennessee Balloon Group announces its fifth flight, TABEL-5. (Tennessee Area Balloon Experimental Launch #5)
Date/Time: June 28, 2008 - 10AM Central Time
Mission Location: Wilson County Fairgrounds, Lebanon, TN
Callsigns/Freq/Modes: 144.39MHz APRS NT4BG-12
Webpages:
groups.yahoo.com/group/tnballoon
www.groovin.net/ke4pjw/balloon
www.nt4bg.net
Additional Information: 1500g Balloon
This flight is in cooperation with the Wilson County Amateur Radio Club and their Field Day 2008 operations. We will be flying a cross-band repeater as the main payload. VHF up and UHF down.
Uplink is 146.55 MHz with a CTCSS of 192.8. / Downlink is 445.850 MHz.
If all goes well, it may end up being full duplex, in which case a 2m user could stay on 2m as long as the other user stays on UHF. At the least it will be half duplex as described above, and all users will need to be able to Tx on 2m & Rx on UHF.
We are planning to fly the main APRS tracker as a separate payload. This package consists of a Garmin GPS18 GPS Receiver (proven high altitude model), an OpenTracker (OT1x), and a Maxon DM-0515 VHF data radio (~5W) 144.39MHz APRS NT4BG-12.
The APRS tracker will be using Lithium AA cells and the repeater will use Lithium-Ion rechargeable packs for power.
We will also use a 50mW 2m (146.565MHz) FM/morse code ID Beacon. We will use a 1500g Balloon and a sub one pound, 60 inch parachute. The current plan is to use Hydrogen as the lifting gas. Total payload weight should be about 6 lbs. We hope to reach over 100K feet. There is no cut down mechanism.
Bruce W. Martin, KQ4TV
Tennessee Balloon Group, NT4BG
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tnballoon
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2 June 2008 - Welcome to Tennessee Web site.
The Knoxville Hamfest is coming up on June 14, 9AM to 4PM with the location at KERBELA TEMPLE . Talk in on 147.30, 224.50 and 444.575. They are also hosting the Delta Division Convention, if you need further information please contact Louis Dreinhoefer W3JKQ at PH (865)675-3206 or wb3jkq@arrl.net, I am hopeing I will be able to see and talk with each of you.
We need news and information from all parts of the state especially Emergency work done by any Amateur operators or ARES groups. Please send to me and I will try to post. I want to thank all the folks in WEST TN for their emails about their events. Keep up the good work.
If I might be of service to any one please give me a call or email. I try to respond to all email.
Thanks for letting me serve you. Hope to See you at Knoxville.
73's
Glen W4BDB SM TN June 2,2008 Congratulations to:
WD4OAR 1st place 2008 January VHF Contest TN and Delta Dicision It was brought to my attention by Rusty AE4BK that club station WD4OAR (newly changed to W4OAR) has made 1st place Limited Multi in the Delta Division and Tennessee Section for January, June, and September VHF contests. Let's see..that makes WD4OAR winner in September 2003 (North Carolina), 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, June 2007, and January 2007 and 2008. Next up, June 2008. Congratulations on another win for our local club!
73's Glen W4BDB SM TN
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