[OZAPRS] Project Horus High Altitude Balloon Launches: Sunday May 27th (Multiple)

[Andrew Scott]

30 seconds of vision from my place in melbourne today.

i was busy in the morning and arrived late, didnt actually to talk into the device.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdKqlUcCyh4

the ballon burst not long after this was recorded.

thanks

On 22/05/2012, at 8:59 PM, Grant VK5GR wrote:

> Everyone,
>  
> Preparations are gathering pace now for the Project Horus balloon team’s launch campaign being run out of Mildura on Sunday May 27th. In addition to the previously announced flight, the group will now be launching an additional balloon as well.
>  
> As a recap, the plans are as follows:
>  
> HORUS-26 – Balloon Repeater Flight
> Launch Time:       ~0800 AEST Sunday May 27th  (2200Hrs UTC May 26th)
> Voice Repeater:     Uplink = 438.900 MHz NBFM – 123Hz CTCSS Tone access required,   Downlink = 147.500 MHz NBFM
> APRS Beacon:   145.175 – VK5ARG-11
> RTTY Telemetry:    434.075MHz  300Baud   (decodable with FL-Digi software and a sound card)
>  
> HORUS-27 – Video Camera Flight
> Launch Time:       ~0900 AEST Sunday May 27th  (2300Hrs UTC May 26th)
> APRS Beacon:   145.175 – VK5ARG-12
> RTTY Telemetry:  434.650MHz  300Baud (TBC)
>  
> Flight times are estimated to be between 3-4 Hours and the footprint will extend as far east as Sydney, west to Streaky Bay (South Australia) – south to Burnie (VK7) and north nearly to VK4, with coverage in Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide simultaneously.
>  
> The Project Horus team are looking forward to meeting everyone at the AGM and hope that those not in Mildura can still participate by making contacts through the balloon repeater and by helping out with the beacon tracking on the RTTY payloads and APRS.
>  
> Head over to the project’s website for more information:http://www.projecthorus.org/
>  
> Regards,
> Grant VK5GR
>  
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