[OZAPRS] APRS Distance Records Enquiry

[Mark Jessop]

Good job with that launch, we were contacted by that magazine a while 
ago, but they didn't seem to realise just how far Cairns was away from 
Adelaide...

I did notice you weren't being gated through much of the flight, only 
the high bits - I guessed you had local tracking running.

Anyway, I've done a bit more investigating, and the longest path we got 
off the mildura launches was 634km,  at 33187km altitude, from 
-33.4279,142.79448 to -35.37827,149.28881 (VK2YYZ-5).

All this is moot though, as there's probably been longer paths from 
ducting, it's just you don't often see them as duplicate packets 
wouldn't be recorded on the APRS-IS network...

- Mark VK5QI


On 3/12/12 9:42 PM, VK4FQ [Cairns Digital Group] wrote:
>
> We launched one on the day of the eclipse (Luara FNQ  between cooktown 
> and wiepa) and was heard by vk4og-1 at mt mee
>
> The unit had 500mw and reached 36.888 Km above the earth  (3^rd 
> Highest Payload in Au)
> Here is the video -- you can see the antenna we had underneath the 
> payload http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W_9eYcGIT88
>
> > <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw 
> <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw%20%3chttp://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=YO4SJI-11>>
> > &limit=&call=YO4SJI-11> >Q5S5R8,WIDE2-2,qAR,VK4FQ
> > <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw 
> <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw%20%3chttp://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=VK4FQ>>
> > &limit=&call=VK4FQ> :`GKOo?0O/'&CM}|&P%U&p'&|!wgc!|3
> > 2012-11-13 21:06:37 UTC: YO4SJI-11
> > <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw 
> <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw%20%3chttp://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=YO4SJI-11>>
> > &limit=&call=YO4SJI-11> >Q5S5S5,WIDE2*,qAR,VK4OG-1
> > <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw 
> <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw%20%3chttp://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=VK4OG-1>>
> > &limit=&call=VK4OG-1> :`GKYn{;O/'&DE}|&Q%T&p''|!w*=!|3
> > 2012-11-13 21:06:37 UTC: YO4SJI-11
> > <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw 
> <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw%20%3chttp://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=YO4SJI-11>>
> > &limit=&call=YO4SJI-11> >APT314,WIDE2*,qAR,VK4OG-1
> > <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw 
> <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw%20%3chttp://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=VK4OG-1>>
> > &limit=&call=VK4OG-1> :>ECLIPSER ONE
> > 2012-11-13 21:06:51 UTC: YO4SJI-11
>
> *From:*ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] 
> *On Behalf Of *Mark Jessop
> *Sent:* Monday, 3 December 2012 8:36 PM
> *To:* Australian APRS Users
> *Subject:* Re: [OZAPRS] APRS Distance Records Enquiry
>
> I think Project Horus has done 150km max. Mainly because all the APRS 
> digi's/igates near us are in Adelaide, and we launch from there... 
> Dunno about the other ballooning groups - is Robert Brand on this list?
>
> We've had >600km ranges on our 25mW 70cm RTTY payload though...
>
> - Mark VK5QI
>
> On 3/12/12 9:02 PM, VK4FQ [Cairns Digital Group] wrote:
>
>     Guys
>
>     What is the current vk distance record for aprs transmission from
>     a balloon launched in vk?
>
>     Regards
>
>     Sam Scafe
>
>     P: 0424 136 364
>     A: PO BOX 1282, CAIRNS, QLD 4870
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>
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