Iowa State Club Launching Experimental Repeater This Saturday
Iowa State HABET team launching a balloon in October 2023 Photo:Make to Innovate Facebook Page
To wrap up their semester of activities, Campus Amateur Radio Club at Iowa State University (W0ISU) will be launching an experimental amateur radio payload on a high altitude balloon in conjunction with the HABET M2I engineering group this Saturday, December 7th, 2024. The payload will consist of a FM voice crossband repeater controller coupled to a set of VHF/UHF handheld radios using a BNC whip antenna. The payload is estimated to be in the air around around 8:30 AM CT, but could be delayed at most two hours due to weather conditions.
Experimental Repeater Information
Uplink TX frequency: 446.375 (no tone)
Downlink TX frequency: 146.480 (no tone)
CARC will operate the payload in a CQ style fashion so that new members can make as many contacts as possible across the Midwest. Please be courteous when responding to their calls.
Please disseminate this message to other amateurs across the Midwest.
