[OZAPRS] PICO balloon APRS towards VK5

[Jason Ball]

missed it here too.   Ah well, next time :)

On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Liz VK2XSE <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> QTR Tue, 12 Aug 2014 17:54:49 +1000 Andy Nguyen QTC
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We don’t get to do this very often, but a PICO balloon is heading
>> towards VK5 from Melbourne.
>>
>> 10mW TX, APRS on 145.175Mhz, callsign VK3YT-12
>> http://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=9&call=a%2FVK3YT-12
>>
>> Olivia on 434.650Mhz, tracked on spacenear.us as PS.
>> http://spacenear.us/tracker/?filter=PS
>>
>> Prediction:
>> http://ready.arl.noaa.gov/hypubout/182396_trj001.gif
>>
>> Currently 8337m outside of Ballarat, doing 13kph
>>
>> Regards,
>> Andy VK3YT
>
>
> Propagation on VHF isn't as good as I'd expect with these weather
> conditions, so I haven't heard the balloon yet. I note the end of the
> predicted path is close to me so I should be receiving signals if I am
> patient.
>
>
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> Liz
> VK2XSE
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