Great Plains
Super Launch
The premier High Altitude Ballooning Experience
July 9-10, 2021
About the Event
Great Plains Super Launch is the premier high altitude ballooning event in North America. Started in 2001 by Paul Verhage, this annual event will be celebrating its 21st year. Hosted in various locations around the midwest, GPSL attracts the brightest and most innovative amateur balloonists from the US and abroad.
2021 Symposium Venue
Dates
Symposium on July 9, 2021. Individual Launches: July 10, 2021
Friday July 9, 2021
14:00Z / 9:00AM (CDT)
Balloon Symposium
Venue
Online
Saturday July 10, 2021
14:00Z / 9:00AM (CDT)
Worldwide Balloon Launch
Venue
Join us in a mass-launch across the global Saturday morning, July 10th.
Event Registration
GPSL attendees are required to pre-register.
GPSL Groups.io Reflector
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Re: Like to track balloons? How about tracking radiosondes!
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 27, 2021 | 13:49 pmOn 11/24/2021 8:08 PM, Hank Riley via groups.io wrote:What a kick this is. There are many newer (presumably better) versions of this original Yagi Cad 4.1 program from the author Paul of Australia. They're ALL there including the very first[…]
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Re: Like to track balloons? How about tracking radiosondes!
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 26, 2021 | 01:41 amBack in my day, you had to lay on the lawn with your yagi sweeping the sky for the signal, and then use RDF techniques to chase down the payload. (Do I sound like one of those old timer ham[…]
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Re: Like to track balloons? How about tracking radiosondes!
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 25, 2021 | 04:41 am
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Hi Mark,An older PC with Linux should be fine. I'm used to Raspbian (Debian) but I think most any flavor will work - Docker should abstract the Linux distro away from the user. The instructions on Github should be applicable for[…] -
Re: Like to track balloons? How about tracking radiosondes!
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 25, 2021 | 04:14 amMost of the sondes launched from Davenport do not fly due south but the ones that do I make an effort if they land in my zone. I use simple tools to track and recover. Over the attempts I have[…]
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Re: Like to track balloons? How about tracking radiosondes!
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 25, 2021 | 02:08 amWhat a kick this is. There are many newer (presumably better) versions of this original Yagi Cad 4.1 program from the author Paul of Australia. They're ALL there including the very first version, 4.2, done in Quick Basic. Read the history[…]
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Re: Like to track balloons? How about tracking radiosondes!
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 25, 2021 | 01:03 am(See the last paragraph for my experience with obtaining Raspberry Pis recently)As for chasing radiosondes: Been there, done that! And yeah, it was a lot of fun. I think I started chasing ozonesondes around 2006 with Bill Brown WB8ELK and[…]
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Re: Like to track balloons? How about tracking radiosondes!
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 24, 2021 | 22:05 pmVilros.com for Pis-----------------------------------------From: "Mark Conner N9XTN" To: GPSL@groups.ioCc: Sent: Wednesday November 24 2021 4:41:46PMSubject: [GPSL] Like to track balloons? How about tracking radiosondes! GPSLers, Mike KD2EAT and I did a presentation a couple of years ago about tracking NWS radiosondes. […]
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Like to track balloons? How about tracking radiosondes!
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 24, 2021 | 20:00 pmGPSLers,Mike KD2EAT and I did a presentation a couple of years ago about tracking NWS radiosondes. At that time, the "price of entry" was a little steep both in terms of Raspberry Pi setup and building a 1680 MHz helical[…]
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Re: Does anyone recognize these HAB's?
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 23, 2021 | 03:15 amThis is what Luis is referring to:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-socialmedia-ufo/balloon-like-object-in-japanese-sky-sets-twitter-afire-with-talk-of-ufos-godzilla-idUSKBN23O105___________________________________________________________________
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Re: Does anyone recognize these HAB's?
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 23, 2021 | 03:06 am
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AFAIK it was the balloon that appeared near Sendai, Japan on June 2020. Still a mistery for me who and where launched it. The only thing I remember is that it was not so high in the sky...If you find some[…]