ANNONCE BALLON COMMUN HONGRIE-SLOVAQUIE le samedi 19 juillet 2014

ANNONCE BALLON HONGRIE-SLOVAQUIE  STS-12 pico le samedi 19 juillet :

CALL :  STS-12 Pico
QRG :   437.680  MHz
MODE : RTTY  50 bauds ascii USB
FORMAT :  7 n 2
SHIFT : 400 Hz
CW ID :   " de OM2AMR"

Message original de  OM2AMR :

Tracker (https://www.facebook.com/341510389216867/photos/pcb.810747755626459/810747508959817/?type=1&theater)
will send RTTY packets continuously till 1500m ASL.
Then it will switch to power save TX modes:
1500 - 3000m ASL - 5 packets per minute, every 15 secs beeps
above 3000m - 5 packets per 5 minutes, every 15 secs beeps

It should be alive more than 54 hours - powered by single AA Lithium battery.

Radio module doesn't has TCXO yet, so frequency can drift little bit.

Launch site  - former air defense base (very interesting place) -
http://www.pilismeteor.hu/viewpage.php?page_id=2

The idea of common launch was born after some e-mail exchange between me and Janos HG5APZ (tjanos) after STS-11 flight.

Janos  is a member of the Masat-1 followers group (the first hungarian cubesat). In that group are also developers of the Masat-1  and active HAM radio  satellite followers.
One member of this group Gergo is a participant in an active community, this is the Pilismeteor group, they have a nice site in Pilis forest. He would kindly host our launch there - in the heart of nature park.

Janos decided to try to organize a "one day event", started it with a pico ballon launch from this small mountain.
For afternoon  we accepted kind invitation from Janos to visit MASAT-1 ground station at ELTE University in Budapest and meet with Dr Prof Gschwind Andras, HA5WH, head of the Masat-1 developer team.

Any listeners along the flight path are welcome ! [Hungary, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece]

Cheers,
73!
Radim OM2AMR

Source : liste UKHAS
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