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HAB1 bill of materials:

Component Part number Price
APRS tracker
Micro-Trak 400 Byonics – MT-400 $120
High-altitude GPS Byonics – GPS4OEM $74
144MHz SMA antenna Nagoya – NA-701 $10
8xAA Energizer Ultimate Lithium batteries Energizer – L91 $20
8xAA Battery holder Digikey – BK-6049-ND $6
Radio beacon
Big Red Bee 100mW transmitter Big Red Bee – BRBMPTX $89
70cm SMA antenna Big Red Bee – ANT70W $6
2000mAh Polymer Lithium Ion battery SparkFun – PTR-08483 $13
Hand warmers Little hotties $2
Camera
Canon PowerShot Canon – PowerShot A1100IS $130
2xAA Energizer Ultimate Lithium batteries Energizer – L91 $4
Hardware
Styrofoam cooler Lifoam – 3412 $7
Braided dacron line Goodwinds – 057485 $14
4′ parachute Rocketman – B4 $45
Weather balloon Kaymont – HAB-600 $60
Helium Generic – “S” size cylinder $89
Ground support
Inflator High Altitude Science – Max Safe Inflator 3cm $68
Helium tank – 1-year lease Airgas – “S” size cylinder $50
Yaesu VX-3R transceiver Yaesu – VX-3R $180
Baofeng UV-5R transceiver Baofeng – UV-5R $40
70cm Yagi antenna Arrow Antennas – 440-3 $49
Offset attenuator Arrow Antennas – OFHA $59
APRS app for Android APRSdroid $0