Great Plains Super Launch
GPSL is the premier balloon gathering for high altitude enthusiasts from around the world. Each year GPSL is located in or around the Midwest and draws hobbyists and professionals from dozens of states, and as far away as England.
The Great Plains Super Launch returns to the Midwest in 2019. The Super Launch will be held on Friday/Saturday June 14 and 15, 2019 in Pella Iowa. For those that would like to arrive Wednesday evening, Pella Explores Near Space (PENS) will be hosting Thursday group tours of area places of interest. In addition, spouse/family activities will be available on Friday.
Pella is a historic town, originally founded by Dutch settlers. We are located 40 miles southeast of Des Moines, IA. Iowa's largest lake with a beach, marina, and trails is only 10 miles away. Pella is a great family town and a popular tourist stop. Learn more at pella.org.
For further information, please see the event Agenda for specific times. If you have questions or comments, please ask!
GPSL Groups.io
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Re: LightAPRS Tracker
Great Plains Super Launch Apr 19, 2019 | 09:15 amWe're in touch now.
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Re: What do you use for tracking?
Great Plains Super Launch Apr 11, 2019 | 14:17 pmIt depends on what you want to do, and how much you want to spend.If you only want to receive the track, then a cheap $25 Baofeng UV5R HT will receive the APRS Signals. Use a good magnetic mount antenna[…]
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What do you use for tracking?
Great Plains Super Launch Apr 11, 2019 | 04:09 amHi I'm working with a group at the University of Saskatchewan who want to start flying balloons as part of one of their grad student programs. One of the items on their to-do list is to build up a dedicated[…]
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Re: LightAPRS Tracker
Great Plains Super Launch Apr 11, 2019 | 04:07 amMustafa,I wrote you a private email through the groups.io system within this GPSL list. That was about a week and a half ago. I inquired about the LightAPRS Tracker you were telling us about in March.Wondering if you got that[…]
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Re: TrackSoar
Great Plains Super Launch Apr 1, 2019 | 16:07 pmIn the Arduino IDE, you can turn on line numbers under FILE->Preferences. Its a checkbox that says "Display line numbers" FI - On the tracksoar, there is a GPS LOCK led that will flash at one second intervals once GPS[…]
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Re: TrackSoar
Great Plains Super Launch Apr 1, 2019 | 15:58 pmThere is a way to turn the line numbers on, but the delay(500); was added just under the call to sensors_setup(); just before if (APRS_SLOT >= 0) .......
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Re: TrackSoar
Great Plains Super Launch Apr 1, 2019 | 15:55 pmIn the Arduino ISD showing line numbers is one of the options that can be set on or off. BarryVE6SBS
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Re: TrackSoar
Great Plains Super Launch Apr 1, 2019 | 15:04 pmI am looking at the sketch and see that it doesn't number it's lines. I assume I just count code lines and not blank or comment lines?
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Re: TrackSoar
Great Plains Super Launch Apr 1, 2019 | 14:34 pmI am using V2.
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Re: TrackSoar
Great Plains Super Launch Apr 1, 2019 | 13:10 pmThere are two versions of the Tracksoar.They are very different designs (and run different f/w) so you need to be sure with one you have.I've flown version one, it worked fine without much fuss.I recently purchased version two, and am[…]
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