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Forwarded from the ozaprs sig.<br>
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The flight was a success.<br>
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Ray vk2tv<br>
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<td>[OZAPRS] PICO balloon flight Melbourne - Sydney with
APRS payload</td>
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<td>Sun, 16 Mar 2014 21:23:11 +1100</td>
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<td>Andy Nguyen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:an@comms.net.au"><an@comms.net.au></a></td>
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<td>Australian APRS Users <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ozaprs@aprs.net.au"><ozaprs@aprs.net.au></a></td>
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<td>Australian APRS Users <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ozaprs@aprs.net.au"><ozaprs@aprs.net.au></a></td>
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<div>Hi all,</div>
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<div>Another PICO balloon flight is on its way to Sydney from
Melbourne</div>
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<div>Predicted path is Melbourne - Sydney - NZ<br>
Currently over Beechworth at 7000m, doing 125km/h.<br>
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Payload is an ultra-light APRS beacon transmitting 10mW on
145.175Mhz.<br>
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Callsign is VK3YT-11
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APRS tracking at<br>
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href="http://aprs.fi/#%21call=a/VK3YT-11&timerange=86400&tail=86400">http://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FVK3YT-11&timerange=86400&tail=86400</a><br>
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Tracking with prediction at<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://spacenear.us/tracker/?filter=VK3YT-11">http://spacenear.us/tracker/?filter=VK3YT-11</a><br>
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<div>See <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://picospace.net">http://picospace.net</a>
for details.</div>
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<div>Expected to reach Sydney tonight, then it will be out to
sea.<br>
If the balloon survives tomorrow it might be within range of
New Zealand APRS stations around 12:00 UTC 17/3<br>
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TX frequency will switch to NZ APRS frequency 144.575Mhz
once 160.0 longitude is crossed.</div>
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<div>Regards</div>
<div>Andy</div>
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