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Upcoming balloon launch - VK5ZRL - 10-09-2016
Hi,
I found this announcement on the AREG site for an upcoming balloon launch.
AREG members will again be involved with Project Horus, undertaking another high altitude balloon flight for some high school
students on Sunday September 18th. The Launch time will be 10.00am from Mt Barker, in the Adelaide Hills.
Amateur Radio operators from across SE Australia can get involved in the flight by contributing to the telemetry gathering effort.
Tune your 70cm SSB radios to 434.650 and decode the RTTY telemetry using the dl-fldigi software.
Keep watching the AREG website for further details and confirmation of the flight day (flights can be cancelled up to 24hrs before
liftoff if adverse weather is predicted).
73 to all,
Rob, VK5ZRL
Re: Upcoming balloon launch - VK5ZRL - 16-09-2016
Hello,
The balloon launch is still a go for Sunday morning.
More info can be found at - http://www.areg.org.au/
Rob, VK5ZRL
Re: Upcoming balloon launch - VK1JA - 17-09-2016
Hi Rob,
Great stuff about the balloon launch, do you bave a prediction on tbe flight path? If it's due to get within range of vk1 i'll fire up the radio.
Re: Upcoming balloon launch - VK5ZRL - 17-09-2016
Hi Jayson,
The link I posted on my previous message will take you to the AREG web site which has a flight path prediction
picture (this depends a lot on what the wind does on the day, weather has been all over the place lately).
Give it a go, the more people tracking the better, good hunting.
Rob.