[aprssig] Path for low(er) altitude balloon
Jason Winningham
jdw at eng.uah.edu
Mon May 16 07:41:36 EDT 2005
It depends on your digi coverage, especially in the landing area, and
on how close you can get to the balloon when it's about to land. If
you have the ability to switch configs based on altitude, use WIDE2-2
lower (say, less than 5k or 10k) and WIDE2-1 higher.
Don't worry about the low power. Local guys routinely fly balloons
with 340mW Alincos, and there is no problem. I think Saturday's flight
by the UT ARC use a pocket tracker, and the digis around here heard it
just fine (that's Knoxville to Huntsville, ~200 miles as the packet
flies).
-Jason
kg4wsv
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