[OZAPRS] PICO balloon with APRS tracker + THOR16 and RTTY100 in the air, MEL-NSW-QLD

Peter vk3tbn at hotmail.com
Wed Jun 11 11:41:42 EST 2014


Hi Andy,

Any further updates or contact... Does New Caledonia have APRS? ;-) have been amazed both times the distance covered .. Well done...

Regards

Pete 

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On 10/06/2014, at 7:29, "Andy Nguyen" <an at comms.net.au> wrote:

> FYI,
> 
> Balloon made it to Brisbane overnight. Will be loitering for a few hours before leaving the coast.
> 
> Regards,
> Andy VK3YT
> 
> 
> 
> On 9 Jun 2014, at 10:33 am, Andy Nguyen <an at comms.net.au> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> FYI, 
>> 
>> A small balloon with APRS tracker is on its way to NSW/QLD from Melbourne.
>> 
>> Details:
>> 
>> Party foil balloon, solar powered payload, 10mW
>> 
>> APRS callsign VK3YT-11
>> 
>> http://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=11&call=a%2FVK3YT-11&timerange=21600&tail=21600
>> 
>> Payload also TX THOR16 and RTTY100, details at http://picospcace.net.
>> 
>> IRC channel #picospace
>> http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=picospace
>> 
>> Manual tracking along the path is appreciated.
>> 
>> Currently heading north towards Shepparton, at 7110m altitude.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Andy VK3YT
>> 
>> 
>> 
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