The HAB will be launching from West Hartford around 11am on Saturday, July 9, 2011. The burst height is around 60,000 feet. Flight should last for 2.5 hours and possibly land in Ledyard. Here are the frequencies:
APRS Data (GPS, Altitude, Temperature): 144.575 MHz
Beacon and SSTV: 144.660 MHz
Phone and Morse code messages will be transmitted on 144.660 with a current SSTV picture. While the frequencies aren't in the recommended ARRL band plan areas for experimental, simplex, and data, they are (to the best of our knowledge) not an any repeater frequencies. The radios are limited to certain frequencies and we chose the ones most likely not to cause QRM.
The FAA has issued a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) for the launch date:
!BDL 07/024 BDL AIRSPACE HIBAL BDL210020 SE BND REACHING FL600 WEF 1107091500-1107091800
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