Friday, June 26, 2009
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T23.40 coord 42.39932 -87.99991 alt 692ft 0mph hdg0 63f 3.60v edge850 -95 snr 27 at t 310-410
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Ivory on cruise control
T3.21 coord 41.33902 -86.25741 alt 770ft 54mph hdg309 81f 3.71v edge1900 -72 snr 163 at t 310-410
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-Chris
T4.52 coord 41.60825 -87.34968 alt 482ft 54mph hdg286 81f 3.69v gprs850 -93 snr 6 at t 310-410
-Chris
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
US Postal Service
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It's cool cool/indoors
Compare "40.73845 -85.17100" to:
US Post Office
205 S Main St,
Bluffton, IN
:D
-Chris
It's cool cool/indoors
Compare "40.73845 -85.17100" to:
US Post Office
205 S Main St,
Bluffton, IN
:D
-Chris
Spam blocked again
The "backup systems" of russ's phone and a yahoo email account continue to receive stuff. There's videos from "in a box", pictures from "in a box", but no good location updates yet, and nothing interesting made it through that isn't already below.
So, "I think" most of the trip that should be posted is below. Enjoy! Will update if anything interesting comes thru (transmission from USPS / FedEx headquarters, or pictures of your house)
So, "I think" most of the trip that should be posted is below. Enjoy! Will update if anything interesting comes thru (transmission from USPS / FedEx headquarters, or pictures of your house)
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
87 posts... but not done.
I believe there's 20+ emails stuck in the phone. Wait until later today, hopefully the phone wanders into a better coverage area. The emails will try to sort themselves chronologically, so make sure to scroll down if the phone does wake up. Maybe there's a neat picture or two of Lake Michigan or something else.
Thanks again to the Biberstine family for finding the balloons and shipping them back!
Thanks again to the Biberstine family for finding the balloons and shipping them back!
Monday, June 22, 2009
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Heading...
Should be in southern Ohio by COB. There's 800 MHz network down there which will help us out.
We definitely aren't going anywhere fast.
-Chris
Thanks Sajid:
http://sajiddalvi.net/ebony/location.php
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
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T17.23 coord 42.18015 -87.89454 alt 10646ft 22mph hdg93 72f 4.09v edge850 -67 snr 9 at t 310-410 bal ok
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T16.51 coord 42.15033 -88.05929 alt 4842ft 13mph hdg14 81f 4.09v edge850 -60 snr 23 at t 310-410 bal ok
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Solving a captcha isn't good enough...
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Technical failure revealed!
Apparently, Ivory doesn't know how to solve a Captcha.
----- Original Message ----
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem
To: ccfrixxx@yahoo.com
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 5:33:54 PM
Subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)
This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:
ccfrixxx1.xxxxx@blogger.com
Technical details of permanent failure:
You have exceeded the the allowable number of posts without solving a captcha.
----- Original message -----
----- Original Message ----
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem
To: ccfrixxx@yahoo.com
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 5:33:54 PM
Subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)
This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:
ccfrixxx1.xxxxx@blogger.com
Technical details of permanent failure:
You have exceeded the the allowable number of posts without solving a captcha.
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Lake Michigan
Well, so... we're over lake michigan. One single emergency SMS made it to Russ's phone, "composed" at 6:18 PM in lord-knows-which-timezone.
18.18
42.18753, -87.56532
Altitude 12791 ft
11 MPH heading 58 degrees
54F
4.05v
Neither GSM nor UMTS, MCC/MNC 0-0
see you in 51 minutes
-Chris
18.18
42.18753, -87.56532
Altitude 12791 ft
11 MPH heading 58 degrees
54F
4.05v
Neither GSM nor UMTS, MCC/MNC 0-0
see you in 51 minutes
-Chris
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T19.08 coord 42.21715 -87.62781 alt 2604ft 8mph hdg315 72f 4.05v 0-0 bal ok 5 minutes later alt 4419.2ft dropping ballast
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T18.00 coord 42.14161 -87.74373 alt 3359ft 0mph hdg0 45f 4.07v gsm1800 -80 snr 2 310-410 bal ok 5 minutes later alt 301.8ft dropping ballast
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T10.12 coord 42.10456 -88.02531 alt 574ft 0mph hdg0 99f 4.16v edge850 -66 snr 66 at t 310-410 bal ok
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T6.30 coord 42.10453 -88.02559 alt 659ft 0mph hdg0 72f 4.20v edge850 -65 snr 74 at t 310-410 bal ok
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T4.44 coord 42.10513 -88.02567 alt 505ft 0mph hdg164 63f 4.22v edge850 -60 snr 69 at t 310-410 bal ok
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T1.01 coord 42.10459 -88.02528 alt 649ft 0mph hdg0 72f 4.24v edge850 -68 snr 55 at t 310-410 bal ok
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This launch sucked in three specific ways....
.... so hard, so bad, and wicked bad.
Yes, the ballast is stuck in a tree, and the balloons are still attached to the ballast.
No, it's probably not going anywhere for a few hours.
I think the ballast cut-down "saftey" is at 4.15 volts, so as soon as we get to 4.15 volts (Sunday late morning?) it should cut itself free. That is, assuming the ballast doesn't break off early, or the rest of the balloon doesn't get super stuck.
Anyway, if the ballast comes off, it'll be an interesting high-flying experience. I hope it doesn't pop a balloon and short out the antenna.
Yes, the ballast is stuck in a tree, and the balloons are still attached to the ballast.
No, it's probably not going anywhere for a few hours.
I think the ballast cut-down "saftey" is at 4.15 volts, so as soon as we get to 4.15 volts (Sunday late morning?) it should cut itself free. That is, assuming the ballast doesn't break off early, or the rest of the balloon doesn't get super stuck.
Anyway, if the ballast comes off, it'll be an interesting high-flying experience. I hope it doesn't pop a balloon and short out the antenna.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
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Where are we going?
So, there's a fork in the road over the Atlantic... we might be headed to England, Morroco, or Cuba. Or Texas.
Mystery!
Anyone want to place a bet?
http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/flight_path/index.php?appletsize=large
http://www.wunderground.com/Aviation_Maps/Winds_Aloft/FL150-12.html#a_topad
http://www.jeppesen.com/aviation/personal/aviation-weather.jsp#
We're looking at probably 15,000-18,000 feet..
Mystery!
Anyone want to place a bet?
http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/flight_path/index.php?appletsize=large
http://www.wunderground.com/Aviation_Maps/Winds_Aloft/FL150-12.html#a_topad
http://www.jeppesen.com/aviation/personal/aviation-weather.jsp#
We're looking at probably 15,000-18,000 feet..
Pre-flight building / testing
Russ's finishing touches on Ivory 4.0 / Bottle 1.0. He reports that it's 96 grams fully assembled.
1 cm of pink foam is our "ballast cut down mechanism". We'll tie ballast to it, and the phone will decide to drop it under an increasingly complicated set of circumstances.Also notable: Gamma matched Yagi antenna. There's 50 ohm Coax (black) running to the "Driven Element". The driven element is grounded to the coax shield. The still-shielded antenna wire then passes into a short length of aluminum tube, which is capacitively coupled to the driven element. Then witchcraft happens, and the RF knows to go towards the directors and away from the reflector, unless it's GPS, and then it'll go the other way.
Without the gamma match, we'd need a (heavy / more complex) "balun" to match the balanced dipole of a Yagi to an unbalanced feed from the cell.
Smile! This balloon weighed 31 grams empty, had 50 grams of lift when full and we'll probably launch it with 25 grams of lift. (70% full means we'll rise until the air is 70% less dense, about 12,000 feet. Then, the balloon will start building pressure until it levels off at 14,000 dark, and maybe 16-18000 in the sun. Fingers crossed.Friday, June 19, 2009
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T17.54 coord 42.13705 -87.99863 alt 633ft 0mph hdg0 81f 3.99v edge850 -77 snr 51 at t 310-410
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T17.32 coord 42.13664 -87.99868 alt 613ft 0mph hdg0 81f 4.03v edge850 -92 snr 50 at t 310-410 bal ok 5 minutes later alt 633.2ft dropping ballast
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