<div dir="ltr">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!<div><br></div><div>keep em flying over Andy</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>73 all</div><div><br></div><div>Rhett VK3VHF / VK3WE<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 8:00 PM, Rory Deans <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rory1@xtra.co.nz" target="_blank">rory1@xtra.co.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This is fun stuff guys. Watched with interest from across the ditch. Keep it up. Ham radio on high!<br>
Cheers<br>
Rory ZL3HB<br>
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-----Original Message----- From: Ian Bennett<br>
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 9:49 PM<br>
To: Australian APRS Users<br>
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] PS-61 APRS/Olivia PICO balloon MEL-SYD-BNE<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
It was a question not a criticism.<br>
I don't know enough about APRS to make a specific call about various things and go with the<br>
decisions of the enlightened few.<br>
I'm all for experimentation but not at the expense of the majority.<br>
Andy's reply closed the loop for me.<br>
<br>
Ian<br>
VK1IAN<br>
<br>
On 21/02/16 19:19, Scott Evans wrote:<br>
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<br>
Storm in a teacup guys! The impact would be low to negligible and well let's face it, it's a<br>
short term project with the sole purpose of APRS!<br>
<br>
How many people will track it's progress and get some level of enjoyment and even possibly<br>
assisting with getting the balloons data back into the APRSIS 😉<br>
<br>
Just my deprecated thoughts and please enjoy the rest of your day!<br>
<br>
<br>
On Sun, 21 Feb 2016, 16:27 A Nguyen <<a href="mailto:an@comms.net.au" target="_blank">an@comms.net.au</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:an@comms.net.au" target="_blank">an@comms.net.au</a>>> wrote:<br>
<br>
Hi Ian,<br>
<br>
WIDE2-1 is a globally acceptable path for balloons, recommended by Bob Bruninga WB4APR, the<br>
founder of APRS.<br>
<br>
Int the early days of APRS pico balloon flights over the eastern states, some effort was made<br>
to check for impact to the network from a high altitude balloon using WIDE2-1, and no issues<br>
were observed with a 5 minute TX interval.<br>
<br>
PS-61 transmits one compressed APRS packet every 5 minutes in full sun, and every 10 minute at<br>
night.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Andy VK3YT<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 21 Feb 2016, at 1:40 pm, Ian Bennett <<a href="mailto:ibennett@tpg.com.au" target="_blank">ibennett@tpg.com.au</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:ibennett@tpg.com.au" target="_blank">ibennett@tpg.com.au</a>>> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Reported from <a href="http://aprs.fi" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">aprs.fi</a> <<a href="http://aprs.fi" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://aprs.fi</a>>:<br>
<br>
<br>
Last path: VK3YT-12>APZ269 via WIDE2-1,qAS,VK3VHF-1 <<a href="http://aprs.fi/info/VK3VHF-1" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://aprs.fi/info/VK3VHF-1</a>><br>
<path-seriously-bad.png><br>
<br>
This station appears to be flying at high altitude and using digipeaters, which causes<br>
serious congestion in the APRS network. The tracker should be configured to only use<br>
digipeaters when at low altitude.<br>
<br>
You might want to revisit your path settings ???<br>
<br>
Ian<br>
VK1IAN<br>
<br>
<br>
On 21/02/16 10:44, A Nguyen wrote:<br>
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Hi all,<br>
<br>
FYI,<br>
<br>
PS-61 APRS PICO balloon is heading north from Melbourne<br>
<br>
Solar powered party balloon, 10mW TX<br>
APRS on 145.175Mh, call sign VK3YT-12<br>
<br>
<a href="http://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=7&call=a%2FVK3YT-12&timerange=86400&tail=86400" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=7&call=a%2FVK3YT-12&timerange=86400&tail=86400</a><br>
<br>
<<a href="http://aprs.fi/#%21mt=roadmap&z=7&call=a/VK3YT-12&timerange=86400&tail=86400" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://aprs.fi/#%21mt=roadmap&z=7&call=a/VK3YT-12&timerange=86400&tail=86400</a>><br>
<br>
Olivia 8/250 on 434.650Mhz (Dial frequency 434.649Mhz, starting tone at 1kHz) RSID enabled.<br>
Tracked on SNUS as PS-61<br>
<a href="http://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=6&qm=1_day&f=PS-61" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=6&qm=1_day&f=PS-61</a><br>
<<a href="http://tracker.habhub.org/#%21mt=roadmap&mz=6&qm=1_day&f=PS-61" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://tracker.habhub.org/#%21mt=roadmap&mz=6&qm=1_day&f=PS-61</a>><br>
<br>
Tracking info <a href="http://picospace.net/?p=736" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://picospace.net/?p=736</a><br>
<br>
Currently at 9400m alt east of Melbourne.<br>
<br>
Prediction: <a href="http://picospace.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/NewImage3.png" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://picospace.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/NewImage3.png</a><br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Andy VK3YT<br>
<br>
<br>
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