[aprssig] Tracker to Space

[Jason Rausch]

Bob,

I work in the RF comm lab at Wallops Island now.  I sent you an email a while back about it.

Jason KE4NYV
RPC Electronics
www.rpc-electronics.com


--- On Fri, 8/14/09, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:

> From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu>
> Subject: [aprssig] Tracker to Space
> To: "'TAPR APRS Mailing List'" <aprssig at tapr.org>
> Date: Friday, August 14, 2009, 2:44 PM
> There will be a launch to 300+ km of
> an APRS payload on a
> sounding rocket out of Wallops Island VA, this fall. 
> I don't
> want to steal anyone's thunder, but they said I could give
> this
> heads up.  They will post details when available.
> 
> It is only 300 milliiwatts and will be on the National
> APRS
> frequency 144.39 to make sure everyone can track it. 
> The total
> mission duration is on the order of 10 minutes from launch
> to
> re-entry.
> 
> Fortunately I got to them before they burned their ROMS
> for
> WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1...<grin>
> 
> Igates with beams in the mid-atlantic states will be
> valuable.
> 
> OMNI antennas in quiet locations should be able to hear
> the
> packets direct, so nearby Igates with omni's probably need
> no
> enhancement.
> 
> More when we know...
> 
> WB4APR, Bob
> 
> 
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