[OZAPRS] PICO balloon PS-5, MEL-SYD-QLD

Andy Nguyen an at comms.net.au
Sun Apr 27 10:00:16 EST 2014


Thanks Matt, I noticed you were the only station tracking it since 18:55 to 21:49.
That does help to explain.

Regards
Andy VK3YT

On 27 Apr 2014, at 9:48 am, VK1MAT Matt Bowman <vk1mat at amymatt.com> wrote:

> I noticed that the APRS transmission was highly overdriven, none of the
> Digi's in the Canberra region picked it up. 
> This "may" be the reason for the lack of reception. 
> 
> I was using direwolf for decode direct from the data port of my radio.
> 
> Just my thoughts.
> 
> Matt VK1MT
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
> Behalf Of Andy Nguyen
> Sent: Sunday, 27 April 2014 9:43 AM
> To: Australian APRS Users
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] PICO balloon PS-5, MEL-SYD-QLD
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> There was a gap of APRS coverage between Goulburn and Wollongong, it this
> expected?
> 
> http://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=9&call=a%2FVK3YT-11&timerange=86400&tail=86400
> 
> Thanks
> Andy VK3YT
> 
> 
> On 26 Apr 2014, at 4:03 pm, Andy Nguyen <an at comms.net.au> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> FYI, PS-5 PICO balloon is in the air.
>> 
>> 12g payload.
>> 
>> 10mW APRS 145.175Mhz, 
>> 
>> 434.650Mhz RTTY
>> 
>> More details on picospace.net
>> 
>> Currently 6700m over Lake Eildon.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Andy VK3YT
>> 
> 
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