<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>Our PSB-5 balloon launch will be from Bendigo this Saturday, 16 November 2013 at 11am.</div><div><br></div><div>The details:</div><div><br></div><div>- 434.65MHz USB for telemetry and SSDV images. RTTY 450Hz shift, 300 baud, 8 bit ASCII, no parity, one stop bit.</div><div>- HF for telemetry, on 20m, 30m and 40m in alternate time slots. The protocols are WSPR, JT65 and THOR4.</div><div>- Hardware includes a Raspberry Pi computer with Pi-Cam, and 25mW UHF tracker.</div><div><br></div><div>Balloon positions will be uploaded to <a href="http://spacenear.us/tracker">http://spacenear.us/tracker</a></div><div>SSDV images will be available at <a href="http://ssdv.habhub.org">http://ssdv.habhub.org</a>, or on dl-fldigi if you receive SSDV directly.</div><div><br></div><div>On the day we will have a co-ordinator in #PSB IRC chat room on <a href="http://freenode.net">freenode.net</a></div><div><a href="http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=PSB">http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=PSB</a></div><div><br></div><div>To receive balloon data you will need access to SSB HF and UHF radios.</div><div><br></div><div>Dl-fldigi can be used to decode THOR4 and RTTY/SSDV.</div><div>JT65 and WSPR requires their own softwares</div><div><a href="http://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx.html">http://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx.html</a> and <a href="http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wspr.html">http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wspr.html</a></div><div> </div><div>Please see <a href="http://projectspaceballoon.net">http://projectspaceballoon.net</a> for details.</div><div><br></div><div>Pre-flight test HF transmissions were received from as far as VK6 for JT65 and USA for WSPR. </div><div>The reception range for HF transmissions from the balloon should be all around Australia and NZ when the condition is good.</div><div><br></div><div>Assistance with tracking is greatly appreciated. </div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Andy VK3YT</div><div><br></div><div>Expected Path:</div><div><br></div><div><img id="2751e2b7-5b38-48c0-976a-bb2584593117" height="212" width="640" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:451B03B3-BEB9-4410-AC88-CC6F50A81A7A@comms.net.au"></div></body></html>