[Vk5-wx-sonde] #556 Saturday morning recovery

[P Wegener (VK5PW)]

We gave up trying to even look for sonde """556 at Mt Crawford as it was 
off when we got up there at 8.30am.

Must have been an extra flight during the night as we saw it on the 
screens this morning

Peter


On 19/05/18 12:34, P Wegener (VK5PW) via Vk5-wx-sonde wrote:
>
> Thanks Mark for the info about the timer
>
> Sonde """"555  recovered this morning by myself and Steve at Williamstown
>
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> On 19/05/18 10:01, Mark Jessop via Vk5-wx-sonde wrote:
>> 'Burst Kill' is essentially a countdown timer which starts after the 
>> sonde starts to descent. Once the timer reaches zero, the sonde shuts 
>> off.
>> It looks like the default burst-kill time is *8.5 hours*. That's how 
>> long we have to get the landing position of the sonde after burst.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mark
>>
>> On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 7:31 AM, P Wegener (VK5PW) via Vk5-wx-sonde 
>> <vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com <mailto:vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Mark, can you just give a little more info on what this burst
>>     kill mode is, thanks
>>
>>     Peter
>>
>>
>>     On 18/05/18 18:53, Mark Jessop via Vk5-wx-sonde wrote:
>>>     I need to investigate a bit more if the sondes have the 'burst
>>>     kill' option enabled. I suspect the sondes are turning off a bit
>>>     sooner than the power draw off the batteries would imply.
>>>
>>>     - Mark
>>>
>>>     Sent by means most mobile.
>>>
>>>     On Fri., 18 May 2018, 17:46 Steve via Vk5-wx-sonde,
>>>     <vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com <mailto:vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         Yesterdays seemed to have reset and restarted on its own
>>>         while I was walking out  to it.
>>>
>>>         Todays stayed off ,
>>>
>>>         both ok  and restarted when the power button pressed,
>>>
>>>         Steve..//
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         On Fri, 18 May 2018 16:17:10 +0930, Mark Jessop via
>>>         Vk5-wx-sonde <vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com
>>>         <mailto:vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             Does the sonde turn back on again if you press the power
>>>             button? Or is it actually dead?
>>>
>>>             - Mark
>>>
>>>             Sent by means most mobile.
>>>
>>>             On Fri., 18 May 2018, 16:10 Steve via Vk5-wx-sonde,
>>>             <vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com <mailto:vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com>>
>>>             wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>                 -34.47644, 139.20951  N3740553  recovered
>>>
>>>                 I could not get into position to see the landing
>>>                 today due to  rough
>>>                 terrain.
>>>
>>>                 another hard landing though  , sonde turned off on
>>>                 impact,  same  as
>>>                 yesterdays.
>>>
>>>                 Steve..//
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