[OZAPRS] PICO balloon flight Melbourne - Sydney with APRSpayload

[Jason Ball]

At this rate you may actually get it back!


On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Andy Nguyen <an at comms.net.au> wrote:

> Thanks Peter, just a very small APRS tracker.
> Regards
> Andy
>
> On 18 Mar 2014, at 7:24 am, Peter Dodd <dodd.pc at bigpond.com> wrote:
>
> > Well done,
> >
> > What gear is on the balloon?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Peter
> > VK7KPC
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Andy Nguyen
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 7:13 AM
> > To: Australian APRS Users
> > Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] PICO balloon flight Melbourne - Sydney with
> APRSpayload
> >
> > It made it!
> >
> > The PICO party balloon arrived in NZ this morning, and still wandering
> on the island!
> >>> http://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FVK3YT-11&timerange=86400&tail=86400
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > Andy
> >
> >
> >
> > On 17 Mar 2014, at 3:48 pm, Gary Stern <vk2zbb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Presumably the altitude increase & no further signals is a burst (I
> wouldn't think it was out of range at that height yet) ?
> >>
> >> GS
> >>
> >> On 16/03/2014 9:23 PM, Andy Nguyen wrote:
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> Another PICO balloon flight is on its way to Sydney from Melbourne
> >>>
> >>> Predicted path is Melbourne - Sydney - NZ
> >>> Currently over Beechworth at 7000m, doing 125km/h.
> >>>
> >>> Payload is an ultra-light APRS beacon transmitting 10mW on 145.175Mhz.
> >>>
> >>> Callsign is VK3YT-11
> >>>
> >>> APRS tracking at
> >>> http://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FVK3YT-11&timerange=86400&tail=86400
> >>> <http://aprs.fi/#!call=a/VK3YT-11&timerange=86400&tail=86400>
> >>>
> >>> Tracking with prediction at
> >>> http://spacenear.us/tracker/?filter=VK3YT-11
> >>>
> >>> See http://picospace.net for details.
> >>>
> >>> Expected to reach Sydney tonight, then it will be out to sea.
> >>> If the balloon survives tomorrow it might be within range of New
> Zealand
> >>> APRS stations around 12:00 UTC 17/3
> >>>
> >>> TX frequency will switch to NZ APRS frequency 144.575Mhz once 160.0
> >>> longitude is crossed.
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>> Andy
> >>>
> >>>
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