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<DIV><EM>What is the time of the launch?</EM></DIV>
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de VK2XGJ<BR>Thou shall not weigh more than thine
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=an@comms.net.au
href="mailto:an@comms.net.au">Andy Nguyen</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 12, 2013 10:06 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=ozaprs@aprs.net.au
href="mailto:ozaprs@aprs.net.au">Australian APRS Users</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [OZAPRS] High altitude balloon with HF and imaging payload
Saturday16 November</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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all,
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<DIV>Our PSB-5 balloon launch will be from Bendigo this Saturday, 16 November
2013 at 11am.</DIV>
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<DIV>The details:</DIV>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<DIV>To receive balloon data you will need access to SSB HF and UHF
radios.</DIV>
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<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>
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<DIV>Please see <A
href="http://projectspaceballoon.net">http://projectspaceballoon.net</A> for
details.</DIV>
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<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>
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<DIV>Assistance with tracking is greatly appreciated. </DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Andy VK3YT</DIV>
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<DIV>Expected Path:</DIV>
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