[OZAPRS] PS-61 APRS/Olivia PICO balloon MEL-SYD-BNE

[Malcolm Larkin]

I am planning to set up an I-gate for 2m near Maclean NSW. 

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> On 23 Feb 2016, at 12:52, Rhett VK3WE <retrohertz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I've been running the Eastern Vic igate for about 15years, (VK3VHF-1) and many times I consider shutting down the service, but it's great seeing the igate being used for experimentation.   A good reason to keep the radio/TNC and NB running in the cupboard!
> 
> keep em flying over Andy
> 
> 
> 73 all
> 
> Rhett VK3VHF / VK3WE
> 
>> On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 8:00 PM, Rory Deans <rory1 at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>> This is fun stuff guys. Watched with interest from across the ditch. Keep it up. Ham radio on high!
>> Cheers
>> Rory ZL3HB
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Ian Bennett
>> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 9:49 PM
>> To: Australian APRS Users
>> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] PS-61 APRS/Olivia PICO balloon MEL-SYD-BNE
>> 
>> 
>> It was a question not a criticism.
>> I don't know enough about APRS to make a specific call about various things and go with the
>> decisions of the enlightened few.
>> I'm all for experimentation but not at the expense of the majority.
>> Andy's reply closed the loop for me.
>> 
>> Ian
>> VK1IAN
>> 
>>> On 21/02/16 19:19, Scott Evans wrote:
>>> 
>>> Storm in a teacup guys!  The impact would be low to negligible and well let's face it, it's a
>>> short term project with the sole purpose of APRS!
>>> 
>>> How many people will track it's progress and get some level of enjoyment and even possibly
>>> assisting with getting the balloons data back into the APRSIS  😉
>>> 
>>> Just my deprecated thoughts and please enjoy the rest of your day!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sun, 21 Feb 2016, 16:27 A Nguyen <an at comms.net.au <mailto:an at comms.net.au>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>     Hi Ian,
>>> 
>>>     WIDE2-1 is a globally acceptable path for balloons, recommended by Bob Bruninga WB4APR, the
>>>     founder of APRS.
>>> 
>>>     Int the early days of APRS pico balloon flights over the eastern states, some effort was made
>>>     to check for impact to the network from a high altitude balloon using WIDE2-1, and no issues
>>>     were observed with a 5 minute TX interval.
>>> 
>>>     PS-61 transmits one compressed APRS packet every 5 minutes in full sun, and every 10 minute at
>>>     night.
>>> 
>>>     Regards,
>>>     Andy VK3YT
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>     On 21 Feb 2016, at 1:40 pm, Ian Bennett <ibennett at tpg.com.au <mailto:ibennett at tpg.com.au>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>     Reported from aprs.fi <http://aprs.fi>:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>     Last path: VK3YT-12>APZ269 via WIDE2-1,qAS,VK3VHF-1 <http://aprs.fi/info/VK3VHF-1>
>>>>     <path-seriously-bad.png>
>>>> 
>>>>     This station appears to be flying at high altitude and using digipeaters, which causes
>>>>     serious congestion in the APRS network. The tracker should be configured to only use
>>>>     digipeaters when at low altitude.
>>>> 
>>>>     You might want to revisit your path settings ???
>>>> 
>>>>     Ian
>>>>     VK1IAN
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>>     On 21/02/16 10:44, A Nguyen wrote:
>>>>>     Hi all,
>>>>> 
>>>>>     FYI,
>>>>> 
>>>>>     PS-61 APRS PICO balloon is heading north from Melbourne
>>>>> 
>>>>>     Solar powered party balloon, 10mW TX
>>>>>     APRS on 145.175Mh, call sign VK3YT-12
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=7&call=a%2FVK3YT-12&timerange=86400&tail=86400
>>>>> 
>>>>> <http://aprs.fi/#%21mt=roadmap&z=7&call=a/VK3YT-12&timerange=86400&tail=86400>
>>>>> 
>>>>>     Olivia 8/250 on 434.650Mhz (Dial frequency 434.649Mhz, starting tone at 1kHz) RSID enabled.
>>>>>     Tracked on SNUS as PS-61
>>>>>     http://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=6&qm=1_day&f=PS-61
>>>>>     <http://tracker.habhub.org/#%21mt=roadmap&mz=6&qm=1_day&f=PS-61>
>>>>> 
>>>>>     Tracking info http://picospace.net/?p=736
>>>>> 
>>>>>     Currently at 9400m alt east of Melbourne.
>>>>> 
>>>>>     Prediction: http://picospace.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/NewImage3.png
>>>>> 
>>>>>     Regards,
>>>>>     Andy VK3YT
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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