[OZAPRS] Rocket APRS on 146.450 this weekend

[John Simon]

Printed his last position at 31.26.37S  138.45.51E  trevelling at 3.5 MPH.

Time was 0809K

          73, John de VK2XGJ
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wavetel" <wavetel at bigpond.com>
To: <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 11:30 PM
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Rocket APRS on 146.450 this weekend


> Boy .. Well I wont be about.. I know Andrew is away (5EX) and may be in
> range to actually Rx something but not gate it.. He probably hasn't
> taken 2m with him.. Its a fair leap away from any active APRS users
> (like 100's of km's) .. It looks like they are going to achieve a pretty
> good altitude in a short time and then parachute back down slowly for
> recovery.. The TX`is pretty low power so ultimately being on the range
> and gating it straight to the internet would be the best. Who knows if
> they get to 35,000 feet then it might be decodable from a few hundred
> Kms away.. I see no mention of callsigns or packet Tx timing in the
docs..
>
> All the same its real interesting and I hope it goes well.. I would have
> driven up myself for a look if I was able..
> --
> Tony and Eva Hunt  VK5AH
>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:24:47 +1000
>> From: Richard Murnane <vk2sky at unwired.com.au>
>> Subject: [OZAPRS] Rocket APRS on 146.450 this weekend
>> To: VK / ZL APRS Users <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>> Message-ID: <9B8040F7-AD71-4FB7-9F51-118F84779A19 at unwired.com.au>
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>> See http://www.asri.org.au/SSRP/campaigns/200610/october-ssrp-campaign
>>
>> Perhaps some kind soul in VK5 might gateway it onto 145.175 so we can
>> all have a look. :-)
>>
>> Actually, I'd be curious if it even works at "rocket speed". Don't
>> GPS units stop giving reliable indications above a speed of a few
>> hundred km/h?
>>
>> 73 Richard VK2SKY
>> ____
>>
>> Richard Murnane   vk2sky at unwired.com.au
>>
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