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

[Matthew Cook]

Hi Andrew,

I know that voice...  I'm pretty sure that was me :)

Thanks for monitoring and participating it was great fun to get out and
track in a new location.

73's

Matthew
VK5ZM

On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Andrew Scott <mail at asphotos.com.au> wrote:

> 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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