PICO balloon release 5pm AEST 26/4/14, tracking requested

[VK3YT]

Hi all,

The prediction looks good this weekend, I am planning a PICO balloon release from Melbourne-Sydney and possible QLD at around 4-5pm this Sat
The difference this time is it will not be APRS, but RTTY which requires manual tracking
** Updated: It will be both APRS and RTTY

Details:

434.650Mhz, USB
Small tracker
10mW, quater-wave antenna
100baud RTTY, ASCII 8,None,1
Callsign PS
Altitude: 7000m

Tracking: dl-fldigi on http://spacenear.us

Will be on in #highaltitude chatroom on irc.freenode.net

Assistance with tracking is greatly appreciated.

Prediction:


Again this is not a lot of warning but it is the best I can do

Regards
Andy

[VK3BQ]

special version of DL-FLdigi for this at

this one http://ukhas.org.uk/projects:dl-fldigi

[VK1KW]

Unfortunately the download site does not directly mention the HAB version of the software and eventually found mention of it on the Horus site. I have version 3.21.50 HAB version loaded. Looks like Saturdays balloon is not listed yet. Have I got it right yet please?

Thanks

[VK2FAK]

Hi all...

Andy... thats plenty of warning of a launch, we can't complain about that..

Will be keeping a look out for it...

Good Luck for the flight...

John

[VK3YT]

Hi guys, use the software from this link
http://ukhas.org.uk/projects:dl-fldigi
Will update the flights on spacenear.us tonight.

[VK3KCX]

I should be around home this arvo and will be looking out for it.
- David VK3KCX

[VK3YT]

Hi all,

Things are looking good, the release will go ahead as planned.
We will need to start a bit earlier as the prediction has changed slightly, and the optimal release time will be around 2-3pm AEST.



Another slight change is there will be APRS tagging along with RTTY for backup.
Spacenear.us now has the approved flight as PS-5. You should be able to do autoconfig on dl-fldigi.

I have updated http://picospace.net with some details and a photo of the tracker.

Andy

[VK4BQ]

Hi Andy

We will be looking out for the pico balloon this time if it makes it up to Mackay again.

regards

Woz

[VK2KRR]

So Andy just to clarify, will the APRS be on the normal 2m APRS freq ?

[VK4ADC]

"The payload will also send APRS packets every ~8 minutes on 145.175Mhz. APRS callsign is VK3YT-11"
from Picospace.net page

[VK2FAK]

Hi all....


Just a curious question, has anyone ever obtained a visual of one of the Balloon flights...as it passed overhead or near maybe your location...?

John

[VK2FAK]

Hi all...


Balloon is Flying...


John

[VK3HZ]

Frequency sounds a bit unstable on 434.65

[VK3BQ]

its flying, but ? wet? or spinning really fast, the frequency is changing really quickly. no decodes yet

psb5_01.tiff (673.32 KiB) Viewed 2805 times

[VK3KCX]

I recon somebody at the airport would have seen it!.... woops

[VK3KCX]

Getting some fragments -37.6401,145.2953,27,1487,1*C2F2

[VK3KCX]

More þ…$$PSl37.5983,145.4028,4596,34.46,11,3,256&^†æ
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[VK3KCX]

05:18:41,-37.5795,145.4P`Ff6FQ5,1499,1*5361

[VK3KCX]

ÿÒPS,204,05:20:16,-37.5654,145.480w,4 1,3,25,1450,1*3

[VK3BQ]

I got one decode $$PS,213,05:23:46,-37.5321,145.5503,5043,34.36,12,3,25,1434,1*5874