Lost Weather Balloon!

dante6491 · 26 Apr 2009 at 01:23

I dropped physics last year. Gravity took effect. Denton did take us to a brewery. I suppose that we had to pay for that ourselves?

2StepSteve · 26 Apr 2009 at 02:00

Why don't you give the actual frequency that the balloons transmitter is broadcasting on? You might get some HAM folk near by help you.

How many watts is the transmitter? Not that it helps much as it is only going to be as high as your average tree.. if you are lucky!

May I ask what is so important about this payload? Am guessing the lauch didn't go to well but surely balloons can end up way out of sea.. and well.. lost. What makes this one so special?

A.N.Other · 26 Apr 2009 at 02:06

mbrej said:
A bit more info, the signal can be picked up by a UHF amateur radio, on frequency 446.05625MHz, although 446.050MHz works fine too. It does also transmit on 433.92MHz every 10s, which can also be picked up by a UHF radio.

2StepSteve said:
Why don't you give the actual frequency that the balloons transmitter is broadcasting on? You might get some HAM folk near by help you.

2StepSteve · 26 Apr 2009 at 02:14

opps lol missed that too many drinkies?!

I hope you do recover it guys though the odds are stacked against you.

Where was you expecting this balloon to end up finally? - I would have been pretty amazed if things did go to plan and you were able to find it again. So many things could go wrong. Is very ambitious!

Strife212 · 26 Apr 2009 at 02:15

Why has the GPS stopped transmitting?

Azagoth · 26 Apr 2009 at 02:33

S****horpe you say? This is one of the reasons why I abhor censorship and swear filters!

Overlag · 26 Apr 2009 at 04:55

hope you find it. sounds very cool.

Spuderoony · 26 Apr 2009 at 09:13

Azagoth said:
S****horpe you say? This is one of the reasons why I abhor censorship and swear filters!

Some of us live just up the road. Feel for us

GeForce · 26 Apr 2009 at 09:34

willhub said:
142mph? Did it enter the jetstream?

The jetstream was travelling North according to Met office data, but it is possible that that was wrong.

[ZiiP]carrot;13957354 said:
So it could be somewhere around derby?? Will keep an eye out

Spuderoony said:
Some of us live just up the road. Feel for us

Thank you both! If you or a friend have a PMR446 walkie talkie and could spare a couple of minutes, there might be £50 in it for you

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
You have mentioned it to the police? Some chap might already have found it and handed it in to lost property or whatever.

Very good idea. How do I go about contacting the police about it on a national level?

Strife212 said:
Why has the GPS stopped transmitting?

The system of course runs from batteries. Whilst they are very high capacity (13Ah) they'll only power the electronics for about 36 hours.

Here's a picture of the payload:

Cosimo · 26 Apr 2009 at 09:59

What frequency are you transmitting on?

Any news?

GeForce · 26 Apr 2009 at 10:33

446.05625 MHz

No news as yet!

MrMoonX · 26 Apr 2009 at 10:54

let me know if it hits Surrey

InvaderGIR · 26 Apr 2009 at 10:56

MrMoonX said:
let me know if it hits Surrey

They won't know, the batteries are flat.

^^Gord^^ · 26 Apr 2009 at 11:01

Nothing East of Nottingham on 446.05625 MHz.

Might be worth registering on some amateur radio or aviation forums and asking them to listen out.

slylittlefox · 26 Apr 2009 at 11:28

GeForce - I e-mailed you a while back, did you ever get it?

Sorry to hear about the balloon, short off it going a few hundred miles of course, I don't know if me listening would be any use!

Ice Globe · 26 Apr 2009 at 12:04

The pictures taken of the atmosphere by the Catalan project look stunning.

Hope your payload can be recovered.

GeForce · 26 Apr 2009 at 12:16

slylittlefox said:
GeForce - I e-mailed you a while back, did you ever get it?

Sorry to hear about the balloon, short of it going a few hundred miles of course, I don't know if me listening would be any use!

I didn't get it, no. Can you email me again on my address in trust?

There is a possibility it's gone that far offcourse, so if you could have a quick listen it would be very much appreciated

slylittlefox · 26 Apr 2009 at 13:41

GeForce said:
I didn't get it, no. Can you email me again on my address in trust?

There is a possibility it's gone that far offcourse, so if you could have a quick listen it would be very much appreciated

Just found the e-mail in my drafts

Will send again tonight

GeForce · 26 Apr 2009 at 20:32

Couple more pics from Launch day

GeForce · 27 Apr 2009 at 09:48

slylittlefox, did you resend that email? If so, I didn't receive it.

Jon