Can you hear me now? I have heard from many interested Ham Radio Operators and SWL enthusiasts that want to monitor the FS3 Balloon telemetry from their home QTHs located in the greater LA Basin. This basin is formed by tall mountain ranges, East of the coastal cities, which reach as high as 11,503 ft. […]

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Whispers in the wind – How WSPR performed on Flying Squirrel #2

May 24, 2018

In addition to the detailed locations provided by the FSQ telemetry, Flying Squirrel #2 also sent WSPR messages 4 times an hour. WSPR is a very weak signal digital mode, often decoding signals below the noise (i.e. you can’t even hear the signal with your ears). The WSPR mode sends a position as Maidenhead Gris […]

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A short FS2 flight summary – more to come.

May 20, 2018

(This is a repost from the Facebook page.) FS2 was a very interesting (Strange) flight. FS2 flew a very slow circle around our launch site and then went in a northerly direction into Ft Irwin. FS went nowhere near the predicted path to the east. The balloon did not have the desired lift, so it […]

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Flying Squirrels, FS2, FSQ, HAB, Ham Radio, High Altitude Balloon, Telemetry schedule, WSPR

Flying Squirrel #2 Telemetry Schedule update

May 19, 2018

Updated Schedule 5/11/2018 This is the final FS2 Telemetry schedule. The columns labeled “Min” is the minutes into the hour (i.e. 0 = top of the hour) that the scheduled event should happen. The schedule repeats after 30 minutes. Launch is tentatively targeted for some time in May 2018. Stay tuned. Click this link for […]

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Flying Squirrel #2 – Finals week.

May 11, 2018

Our studious squirrel spent another night hanging out in the yard for final testing. The FS2 hardware is complete and this is the first “On the Air” outside using the 20m dipole antenna. FS2 is hanging from a flag pole with the “balloon” end of the antenna suspended about 25 feet in the air. The […]

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Flying Squirrel #2 Telemetry schedule

April 5, 2018

[This schedule is out of date. The new schedule is located at : ] This is the final FS2 Telemetry schedule. The columns labeled “Min” is the minutes into the hour (i.e. 0 = top of the hour) that the scheduled event should happen. The schedule repeats after 30 minutes. Launch is tentatively targeted for […]

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Squirrel Engineering

Listening to Flying Squirrel #3 Telemetry from the Greater LA Basin area.

Whispers in the wind – How WSPR performed on Flying Squirrel #2

A short FS2 flight summary – more to come.

Flying Squirrel #2 Telemetry Schedule update

Flying Squirrel #2 – Finals week.

Flying Squirrel #2 Telemetry schedule