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| ====== A Beginners Guide to High Altitude Ballooning ====== | ====== A Beginners Guide to High Altitude Ballooning ====== | ||
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| ===== How to get involved ===== | ===== How to get involved ===== | ||
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| * read up on some of the [[frontpage: | * read up on some of the [[frontpage: | ||
| * join the [[http:// | * join the [[http:// | ||
| - | * get on to # | + | * get on to [[https:// |
| * Feel free to ask questions, if people don't know they' | * Feel free to ask questions, if people don't know they' | ||
| * Come along to a launch - best ask first if you can come, nearly always the answer will be yes, be prepared to be roped in - need all the help we can get! | * Come along to a launch - best ask first if you can come, nearly always the answer will be yes, be prepared to be roped in - need all the help we can get! | ||
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| * Throughout the flight the GPS module in the payload box is providing information on its position, this information is passed through a microcontroller which reads the info and converts it into another protocol and in most payloads transmits the data over a radio link to the ground station. As a backup sometimes there is also a mobile phone which sends the data as a SMS as well (however this will only work near to the ground as mobile phones don't get signal at high altitudes). | * Throughout the flight the GPS module in the payload box is providing information on its position, this information is passed through a microcontroller which reads the info and converts it into another protocol and in most payloads transmits the data over a radio link to the ground station. As a backup sometimes there is also a mobile phone which sends the data as a SMS as well (however this will only work near to the ground as mobile phones don't get signal at high altitudes). | ||
| * Therefore if you want to fly a HAB mission you need to construct a payload box with a tracking device (e.g. GPS module, microcontoller and then a radio/ | * Therefore if you want to fly a HAB mission you need to construct a payload box with a tracking device (e.g. GPS module, microcontoller and then a radio/ | ||
| - | * Permission in the UK comes from the CAA (Civil Aviation Authority), For more details see [[general: | + | * Permission in the UK comes from the CAA (Civil Aviation Authority), For more details see [[general: |
| * Getting a system that works is harder then it sounds, HAB payloads are difficult to test in advance so there is a failure rate that unfortunately affects us all. The better planned a payload/ | * Getting a system that works is harder then it sounds, HAB payloads are difficult to test in advance so there is a failure rate that unfortunately affects us all. The better planned a payload/ | ||
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| === General === | === General === | ||
| * Whats the point? | * Whats the point? | ||
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| * High Altitude Ballooning is a multi-skilled hobby in which you get to explore a region of the earth "Near Space" without the need for enormous budgets and national departments or agencies. It tests your abilities to plan, design and construct electronics, | * High Altitude Ballooning is a multi-skilled hobby in which you get to explore a region of the earth "Near Space" without the need for enormous budgets and national departments or agencies. It tests your abilities to plan, design and construct electronics, | ||
| * Oh and its a lot of fun. | * Oh and its a lot of fun. | ||
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