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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>Nice video, Michael. A good
explanation for those that don't know too much about tracking & operating
these balloon payloads. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>Bit of a shame you left one
important interface cable at home... :-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Nik Presser<BR>VK3BA<BR>Geelong</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=michaelcarey@internode.on.net
href="mailto:michaelcarey@internode.on.net">Michael Carey</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ozaprs@aprs.net.au
href="mailto:ozaprs@aprs.net.au">Australian APRS Users</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 27, 2012 8:26 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OZAPRS] Project Horus High
Altitude Balloon Launches: Sunday May 27th (Multiple)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I was out this morning at my favourite quiet RF receive spot,
this is <BR>where I do my weak signal work... it's just too noisy at
home.<BR>I was able to work the cross-band repeater, receive (but not decode
due <BR>to my stuff up) the telemetry on 70cm... and I was able to receive
quite <BR>a few of the APRS frames on my HamHUD in the car. I was able
to hear <BR>quite a bit while the balloon was still below the
horizon.<BR><BR>I have some video up on YouTube as well.<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MBtTP5RG-k">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MBtTP5RG-k</A><BR><BR>It
was a fun morning... the Project Horus guys did an excellent
job!<BR><BR>Michael.<BR>VK5ZEA<BR><BR>On 27/05/2012 19:06, Andrew Scott
wrote:<BR>> 30 seconds of vision from my place in melbourne
today.<BR>><BR>> i was busy in the morning and arrived late, didnt
actually to talk into the device.<BR>><BR>> <A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdKqlUcCyh4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdKqlUcCyh4</A><BR>><BR>>
the ballon burst not long after this was recorded.<BR>><BR>>
thanks<BR>><BR>> On 22/05/2012, at 8:59 PM, Grant VK5GR
wrote:<BR>><BR>>> Everyone,<BR>>><BR>>> Preparations are
gathering pace now for the Project Horus balloon team’s launch campaign being
run out of Mildura on Sunday May 27th. In addition to the previously announced
flight, the group will now be launching an additional balloon as
well.<BR>>><BR>>> As a recap, the plans are as
follows:<BR>>><BR>>> HORUS-26 – Balloon Repeater
Flight<BR>>> Launch Time: ~0800 AEST
Sunday May 27th (2200Hrs UTC May 26th)<BR>>> Voice
Repeater: Uplink = 438.900 MHz NBFM – 123Hz CTCSS Tone
access required, Downlink = 147.500 MHz NBFM<BR>>> APRS
Beacon: 145.175 – VK5ARG-11<BR>>> RTTY
Telemetry: 434.075MHz 300Baud (decodable
with FL-Digi software and a sound card)<BR>>><BR>>> HORUS-27 –
Video Camera Flight<BR>>> Launch
Time: ~0900 AEST Sunday May 27th
(2300Hrs UTC May 26th)<BR>>> APRS Beacon: 145.175 –
VK5ARG-12<BR>>> RTTY Telemetry: 434.650MHz 300Baud
(TBC)<BR>>><BR>>> Flight times are estimated to be between 3-4
Hours and the footprint will extend as far east as Sydney, west to Streaky Bay
(South Australia) – south to Burnie (VK7) and north nearly to VK4, with
coverage in Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide
simultaneously.<BR>>><BR>>> The Project Horus team are looking
forward to meeting everyone at the AGM and hope that those not in Mildura can
still participate by making contacts through the balloon repeater and by
helping out with the beacon tracking on the RTTY payloads and
APRS.<BR>>><BR>>> Head over to the project’s website for more
information:http://www.projecthorus.org/<BR>>><BR>>>
Regards,<BR>>> Grant VK5GR<BR>>><BR>>>
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