PS-68 PICO balloon APRS MEL-QLD

[VK3YT]

Hi all,

PS-68 is planned for release at 7am Sat 27 Aug 2016 AEST.
Solar powered party balloon, 10mW TX
APRS on 145.175Mhz
Olivia 8/250 with RSID on 434.649Mhz USB (Dial frequency)

Tracking as PS-68 on SNUS https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap ... ay&f=PS-68
and VK3YT-11 on APRS.FI http://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=11&call=a ... tail=43200

Prediction (the red line)


Assistance with tracking is appreciated.

Instructions for tracking can be found here http://picospace.net/?p=736
There should be someone on the IRC forum to help with setup http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=picospace

Andy
VK3YT

[VK1JA]

Great stuff Andy,

I'll be monitoring both 2m and 70cm.

Good luck with the launch.

[VK2FAK]

Hi all..

Yes it should be an interesting flight if it stays close to the predicted Path...

will be listening....good luck