PS-42 PICO balloon HF payload WSPR JT9

[VK3YT]

Hi all,

FYI,

PS-42 is in the air for some testing.
This will be tracked in parallel with PS-41 which is currently over the South Atlantic.

Solar powered party balloon, 25mW TX
TX WSPR, JT9 on 30m and 20m

Dial frequency 10.138700Mhz and 14.095600Mhz (standard WSPR dial frequencies) for WSPR, JT9.
PS-41 is at 900Hz and PS-42 is at 1100Hz on the waterfall.

See HF decoding info at http://picospace.net/?cat=34

Tracking as PS-42 on SNUS http://picospace.net/tracker/new
WSPR call sign is VK3ANH http://wsprnet.org/olddb?findcall=vk3anh

Andy

[VK1JA]

It looks like there's a problem with the uploads, I've been decoding PS42 all day, but the tracking site hasn't refreshed it's location for 6hrs.

My last decode at 7:02


0702 -13 -0.6 1105 @ VK3YT1MA3LV15
0703 -14 -0.6 1105 @ 1/W0259P5319.

[VK4KL]

I thought PS41 was in the pond

Adrian

[VK4KL]

Jayson
I decoded PS41 at least 15 times and was never reported on the site
Dont know what happened bu I have all the boxes ticked

Adrian

[VK3YT]

Hi all,

PS-41 is still in the air, the reception has not been ideal so there was only one WSPR spot in the last 24H.

A corrupted update for PS-42 caused the balloon icon to be stuck where it is now on SNUS.
The path was still updated correctly, i.e. the current position is now the tip of the easterly path, not where the balloon icon is, and the summary box is not updated. To get current receivers and position, please click on the tip of the path.
Should be fixed tomorrow.

PS-42 has gone to sleep for the day, and PS-41 should be up shortly. Please check if you can get any signal on the waterfall at 900Hz, even a visual report will be greatly appreciated.

Andy

[ZL1RS]

PS-42 made a high speed crossing of the Tasman Sea over night and is currently just leaving the east coast of ZL on it's journey towards South America. Here is the NOAA prediction for the next few days: