[OZAPRS] Fwd: Test launch

[Richard Murnane]

For the balloon fans among you. At first I thought we had missed all  
the fun, but Saturday's flight was a test run.

73 Richard VK2SKY


Begin forwarded message:

> From: John Press <vk2ygv at gmail.com>
> Date: 14 February 2011 8:17:25 AM
> To: loki2340 at gmail.com
> Subject: Test launch
>
> The test launch of a small balloon with micro electronics and  
> transmitter attached was conducted Saturday 12th February 2011. Ash  
> VK2XSO was the brains behind the micro electronics. Temperature  
> information was transmitted back via a frequency of 433.815MHz. From  
> transmitted data it is estimated that the little craft reached an  
> altitude of 20,000ft before plummeting back to earth. Despite  
> attempts to recover the micro electronics with the use of radio  
> frequency direction finding no signals have been picked up. The  
> balloon and payload was last seen heading in a south easterly  
> direction from the Tamworth Oxley Scout hall.
>
> The following link shows details as printed in the local newspaper -  
> The Northern Daily Leader:
> http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/news/local/news/general/ready-for-liftoff/2074585.aspx
>
> The Tamworth Radio Clubs web pages will be updated within the next  
> couple of days.
>
> We are planning on sending out a update every Wednesday to keep  
> everyone up to date.
>
> Programming and testing of the APRS for LOKI-1 will begin this week.  
> We will be asking for help to check that all parameters are set  
> correctly as we can not afford mistakes.
>
> An email address has been set up for LOKI and it is:
> loki2340 at gmail.com
>
> All the best
> John Press
> VK2YGV
> M 0427-681-893
>
>
>
>

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