[amsat-bb] Re: Transatlantic balloon attempt

[Trevor .]

The Twitter feed is reporting reception: 

"Received report from KT6F hearing PBH-18 40m beacon on the US west coast, Vancouver, WA. #ARHAB #PBHVI (3/24/2012 @ 15:37)"

See http://www.projectbluehorizon.com/#mission 

Track at http://www.projectbluehorizon.com/#flight 

73 Trevor M5AKA

--- On Sat, 24/3/12, Bob Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:
> I still have not heard of anyone
> copying the HF beacons on 30 and 40m. (10.147 and 7.102
> MHz).  I am curiouis about this because our next
> balloon flight will only have an HF beacon and nothing
> else.
> 
> I have been  in the 400 mile footprint most of the
> morning, and have heard nothing, though it is tracking out
> past Nova Scotia just fine on APRS... http://aprs.fi/KD2AUC-1
> 
> Bob, WB4APR
> 
> 
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:48:18 -0000
> >From: aprsisce at yahoogroups.com
> (on behalf of "Steve Daniels" <steve at daniels270.eclipse.co.uk>)
> >Subject: RE: [aprsisce] Transatlantic balloon
> attempt  
> >To: <aprsisce at yahoogroups.com>
> >
> >   For those interested tracker battery
> volts are
> >   showing as 9.21V. The volts are
> transmitted in hex
> >   in the comment field. I have one of
> these trackers,
> >   and it ran for 46 hours transmitting
> every minute on
> >   6 AA cells. The tracker will run down
> to around 4V
> >
> >
> >
> >   Steve Daniels
> >
> >   G6UIM
> >
> >   Torbay Freecycle Moderator
> >
> >   ----------------------------------------------------
> >
> >   From: aprsisce at yahoogroups.com
> >   [mailto:aprsisce at yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Lynn
> >   W Deffenbaugh (Mr)
> >   Sent: 24 March 2012 17:02
> >   To: aprsisce at yahoogroups.com
> >   Subject: Re: [aprsisce] Transatlantic
> balloon
> >   attempt
> >
> >
> >
> >   We have no idea if you're receiving
> KD2AUC-1
> >   direct.   If you're
> inside the off-center black
> >   circle, then you're within the
> theoretical RF
> >   footprint of the balloon.
> >
> >   Do you have an RF interface
> configured?
> >
> >   Have you disabled messaging and/or a
> bunch of other
> >   things?  (I tried sending a query
> message and
> >   received no answer nor ack to a test
> message)
> >
> >   Your raw packets at http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&call=VE9MB
> >   seem to indicate that you don't
> keep  your station
> >   up 24x7 or you don't have a very
> reliable
> >   Internet/APRS-IS connection.
> >
> >   I'm also not seeing any DX status
> reports, but I
> >   don't remember if they are on or off
> in a default
> >   installation.
> >
> >   Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE
> for Windows
> >   Mobile and Win32
> >
> >   On 3/24/2012 12:46 PM, Murry B wrote:
> >
> >   Curious about the balloon project
> guys.
> >   I am, getting KD2AUC-1 direct here is
> that it?
> >   VE9MB
> >
> >   On 3/24/2012 11:36 AM, Colin M0XSD
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >   From the Web Page:
> >   http://www.projectbluehorizon.com/#input
> >
> >   30 meter 10.14661 MHz 05, 25, 45 every
> hour
> >   40 meter 7.10241 MHz 10, 30, 50 every
> hour
> >   CW Morse Code with Latitude,
> Longitude, Altitude and
> >   Battery Voltage
> >
> >   I agree with you Bob, not the most
> user friendly
> >   site for finding out specific info.
> >
> >   73,
> >   Colin
> >
> >   On 24/03/2012 13:11, Bob Bruninga
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >     > The Project Blue Horizon
> team is attempting to
> >     break
> >     > current Amateur Radio
> >     > high-altitude balloon
> record for duration
> >
> >     n
> >     >
> www.projectbluehorizon.com
> >
> >     Im surprised at the lack of
> information on that
> >     site. But glad to see it is up.
> I am seeing it
> >     here in MD. It is out off the
> tip of long island
> >     now at 9 AM.
> >
> >     But I have heard nothing on HF.
> Are those
> >     published freqs the carrier or
> dial freqs? Is it
> >     CW or packet?
> >
> >     Bob, WB4aPR
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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