[amsat-bb] Round-the-world M0XER-4

[Wouter Weggelaar]

I have just confirmed that B-64 is also transmitting at 144.800MHz
The balloon carries a "geofence" in code, that will turn off 2m APRS in
countries that do not allow airborne APRS.

Wouter PA3WEG


On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:51 AM, Wouter Weggelaar <wouterweg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Just to confirm,
>
> APRS is used on 70cm at least. Not sure about 2m
> And it decodes in the field ;)
> http://www.pa3weg.nl/?id=news
>
> *Wouter PA3WEG*
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:03 AM, Andrew Koenig <ke5gdb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure if this link has been passed around yet, but it has a few
>> photos and some info on the system.
>>
>> http://www.leobodnar.com/balloons/B-64/
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 3:51 PM, M5AKA <m5aka at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Bob,
>> >
>> > Yes, that's a library image of one of Leo's solar powered payloads, I
>> > don't have a pic of B-64.
>> >
>> > If you send Leo an email I'm sure he'd fill you in on the details - I'm
>> > just amazed he's managed to get everything into such a small and light
>> > package, as you might expect the rechargeable cell is the heaviest part.
>> >
>> > 73 Trevor M5AKA
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thursday, 31 July 2014, 21:26, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Trevor,
>> >
>> > The M0XER-4 (I thought) did frequency shifting (APRS 144 MHz national
>> > channels over Europe and the US), and so I thought it had more
>> complexity.
>> > The image shown on the link below only has 434 MHz antennas, no obvious
>> > GPS and no VHF antennas.  Can you clarify and help us get an idea of
>> what
>> > this M0XER4 payload actually looked like?  Thanks, Bob, WB4aPR
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
>> > Behalf Of M5AKA
>> > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 4:06 PM
>> > To: AMSAT BB
>> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Round-the-world M0XER-4
>> >
>> >
>> http://amsat-uk.org/2014/07/31/434-mhz-balloon-b-64-completes-epic-journey
>> > /
>> >
>> > 73 Trevor M5AKA
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