[Vanhackspace] Vanhackspace Digest, Vol 25, Issue 26

John Schaub johnjschaub at gmail.com
Sun Mar 28 11:00:59 PDT 2010 

A ham licence is absolutely needed for the more advanced stuff but I
was thinking of a very basic first attempt with a commercially
available GPS. Some people have used cell phones programmed to send a
message every few seconds with their location looking around I found
this which I believe will
work.http://www.gpscentral.ca/products/spot.html
Even with a radio I'd throw something like this onboard as a backup.

My long term goal would be to build something like this.
http://www.members.shaw.ca/sonde/index.htm
The guy who built this one Art Vanden Berg was at SFU at about the
same time I was and I've run into him at various events since then so
he is probably still in Vancouver if we wanted he might be able to
give us some advice and input.

A meeting sounds like a great idea.

John

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>   1. High Altitude Balloon (John Schaub)
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>   3. Re: High Altitude Balloon (Neeraj)
>   4. Re: High Altitude Balloon (Joe Bowser)
>   5. Re: High Altitude Balloon (Paul Fisher)
>   6. Re: High Altitude Balloon (Luke Closs)
>   7. Re: High Altitude Balloon (Ninety Nein)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:40:35 -0700
> From: John Schaub <johnjschaub at gmail.com>
> To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
> Subject: [Vanhackspace] High Altitude Balloon
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> It was nice meeting you all Tuesday. One of the projects I'd like to
> work on is balloon photography. I was wondering is anyone working on
> something similar or would anyone be interested in collaborating.  I'm
> thinking something very basic to start and build up from there.
>
> John
>
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> Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:44:46 -0700 (PDT)
> From: KBR <car1edb at yahoo.com>
> To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
> Subject: Re: [Vanhackspace] High Altitude Balloon
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> http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/balloon-camera-duct-tape-shoot-earth-pictures-space/story?id=10210658
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> ;)
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>
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> Sent: Sat, March 27, 2010 3:40:35 PM
> Subject: [Vanhackspace] High Altitude Balloon
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> It was nice meeting you all Tuesday. One of the projects I'd like to
> work on is balloon photography. I was wondering is anyone working on
> something similar or would anyone be interested in collaborating.  I'm
> thinking something very basic to start and build up from there.
>
> John
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> Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:44:30 -0700
> From: Neeraj <njmurarka at gmail.com>
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> Hi John.
>
> I am very interested in this. I have read up about the past projects in the
> world where people have done this and I think it would be great! What do you
> have in mind to get started?
>
> On 27 March 2010 15:40, John Schaub <johnjschaub at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It was nice meeting you all Tuesday. One of the projects I'd like to
>> work on is balloon photography. I was wondering is anyone working on
>> something similar or would anyone be interested in collaborating.  I'm
>> thinking something very basic to start and build up from there.
>>
>> John
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> Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:20:08 -0700
> From: Joe Bowser <joe.bowser at nitobi.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Vanhackspace] High Altitude Balloon
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> Hey
>
> The High Altitude Balloon Project will probably be one of our projects this
> year.  However our more immediate goal will be to get the HAM Licence
> required so that we can operate the radio transceiver that we will most
> likely be sending up so we can get data on its location and altitude that
> would assist in its recovery so we don't have to wait on a park ranger in
> Idaho.
>
> http://www.hackerbotlabs.com/2009/06/to-the-edge-of-space-and-back/
>
> The Balloons are cheap, but the payload and where to launch it in the Lower
> Mainland will need to be thought out.
>
> Joe
>
> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Neeraj <njmurarka at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi John.
>>
>> I am very interested in this. I have read up about the past projects in the
>> world where people have done this and I think it would be great! What do you
>> have in mind to get started?
>>
>>
>> On 27 March 2010 15:40, John Schaub <johnjschaub at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It was nice meeting you all Tuesday. One of the projects I'd like to
>>> work on is balloon photography. I was wondering is anyone working on
>>> something similar or would anyone be interested in collaborating.  I'm
>>> thinking something very basic to start and build up from there.
>>>
>>> John
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> Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:26:35 -0700
> From: "Paul Fisher" <paul at 2fishconsulting.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Vanhackspace] High Altitude Balloon
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> I have been interested in sending up a balloon for a long time.  I also would like to participate.
>
>  There is currently a hackerspace challenge on this topic: http://www.workshop88.com/space/
>
>
> Since there seems to be enough interest, let's set a meeting to discuss "The Plan".
>
>
>
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> From: John Schaub [mailto:johnjschaub at gmail.com]
> To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
> Sent: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:40:35 -0700
> Subject: [Vanhackspace] High Altitude Balloon
>
> It was nice meeting you all Tuesday. One of the projects I'd like to
>  work on is balloon photography. I was wondering is anyone working on
>  something similar or would anyone be interested in collaborating.  I'm
>  thinking something very basic to start and build up from there.
>
>  John
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> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 07:44:34 -0400
> From: Luke Closs <lukecloss at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Vanhackspace] High Altitude Balloon
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> BALOOOOOON NIGHT!
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> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Paul Fisher <paul at 2fishconsulting.com> wrote:
>> I have been interested in sending up a balloon for a long time.? I also
>> would like to participate.
>>
>> There is currently a hackerspace challenge on this topic:
>> http://www.workshop88.com/space/
>>
>>
>> Since there seems to be enough interest, let's set a meeting to discuss "The
>> Plan".
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: John Schaub [mailto:johnjschaub at gmail.com]
>> To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
>> Sent: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:40:35 -0700
>> Subject: [Vanhackspace] High Altitude Balloon
>>
>> It was nice meeting you all Tuesday. One of the projects I'd like to
>> work on is balloon photography. I was wondering is anyone working on
>> something similar or would anyone be interested in collaborating. I'm
>> thinking something very basic to start and build up from there.
>>
>> John
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> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 07:31:19 -0700
> From: Ninety Nein <ninetynein at gmail.com>
> To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
> Subject: Re: [Vanhackspace] High Altitude Balloon
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> Here's the same story, different article.  The first article doesn't mention
> that he uses his GPS to get close to the unit, then he uses radio telemetry
> to find it.  Check it out:
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1260323/British-aerospace-enthusiast-takes-NASA-style-photographs-using-helium-balloon-pocket-camera.html
>
> Tyson
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 4:44 AM, Luke Closs <lukecloss at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> BALOOOOOON NIGHT!
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Paul Fisher <paul at 2fishconsulting.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I have been interested in sending up a balloon for a long time.  I also
>> > would like to participate.
>> >
>> > There is currently a hackerspace challenge on this topic:
>> > http://www.workshop88.com/space/
>> >
>> >
>> > Since there seems to be enough interest, let's set a meeting to discuss
>> "The
>> > Plan".
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> > From: John Schaub [mailto:johnjschaub at gmail.com]
>> > To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
>> > Sent: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:40:35 -0700
>> > Subject: [Vanhackspace] High Altitude Balloon
>> >
>> > It was nice meeting you all Tuesday. One of the projects I'd like to
>> > work on is balloon photography. I was wondering is anyone working on
>> > something similar or would anyone be interested in collaborating. I'm
>> > thinking something very basic to start and build up from there.
>> >
>> > John
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