[Vk5-wx-sonde] RS41-SGM Launch Campaign

Steve vk5st at iinet.net.au
Wed Jun 26 00:27:31 PDT 2019


Yep my mobile tracker got none of them coz they went up the band again :(

may have to set the upper limit to 406 MHz !!

left my pc home,  and could do nothing with the headless pi.

73.Steve

On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 10:25:28 +0930, Mark Jessop via Vk5-wx-sonde  
<vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:

> And even more confusing, there is now a sonde up on 404.2 MHz...
>
> On Wed., 26 Jun. 2019, 08:54 Mark Jessop, <vk5qi at rfhead.net> wrote:
>> Aaaaand now I've been told that there may be launches tomorrow and next  
>> week.
>>
>> I think they are keeping us on our toes!
>>
>> 73
>> Mark
>>
>> Sent by means most mobile.
>>
>> On Tue., 25 Jun. 2019, 19:03 Mark Jessop, <vk5qi at rfhead.net> wrote:
>>> I've been told that there will be no more launches for a while.
>>>
>>> Shame, as the predictions for tomorrow looked excellent!
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 7:02 PM Steve via Vk5-wx-sonde  
>>> <vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:
>>>> nothing seen on my screen today , but I went over and picked up  
>>>> R0231429 from Sedan after work today.
>>>>
>>>> have to work tomorrow , may come out for the last couple depending  
>>>> where/if they fly
>>>>
>>>> Steve..//
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 11:02:32 +0930, Mark Jessop via Vk5-wx-sonde  
>>>> <vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Anyone heard anything other than the BoM launch today? In at work  
>>>>> and can't check my logs for encrypted sondes...
>>>>>
>>>>> - Mark
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent by means most mobile.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon., 24 Jun. 2019, 18:04 Mark Jessop, <vk5qi at rfhead.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Congrats Steve! I was spectating from work :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Looks like the launch times were 23:00 through 06:00Z  (08:30  
>>>>>> through 03:30 local), launching on the UTC hour.
>>>>>> The frequencies and first observed time for today were:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 23:11 - 402.1
>>>>>> 00:50 - 402.3
>>>>>> 01:34 - 402.7
>>>>>> 02:13 - 402.2
>>>>>> 03:15 - 402.4
>>>>>> 04:42 - 402.6
>>>>>> 05:09 - 402.8
>>>>>> 06:07 - 402.2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Will be interesting to see if they follow the same pattern  
>>>>>> tomorrow. I may try and get Wednesday afternoon off work.  
>>>>>> >>>>>>Thursday and Friday are going way too far.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73
>>>>>> Mark VK5QI
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 4:08 PM Steve via Vk5-wx-sonde  
>>>>>> <vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> I had a pretty good day in the field , I caught a glimpse of 066  
>>>>>>> paracute but it landed in the big chook farm at >>>>>>>blanchtown
>>>>>>> 669 and 434 were recovered after a couple of long walks
>>>>>>> I probably called it a bit early thinking the rest were going over  
>>>>>>> the river.
>>>>>>> watchin the last few from home.
>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -ps a recovered button sounds like a good idea
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> may have to take a sickie on Wednesday
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 21:34:35 +0930, Mark Jessop via Vk5-wx-sonde  
>>>>>>> <vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Looks like Monday and Wednesday will be the days for RS41-SGM  
>>>>>>>> recovery: https://rfhead.net/sondes/ptwakefield/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tuesday is way too far north, and Thursday onwards has the  
>>>>>>>> landing areas getting further away.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I might try and get part of Wednesday off...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 73
>>>>>>>> Mark VK5QI
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 11:59 PM Mark Jessop <vk5qi at rfhead.net>  
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've been informed that there will be 2 weeks of RS41-SGM  
>>>>>>>>> launches from Pt Wakefield, starting from this coming  
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Monday. Hourly launches Monday through Friday, starting  
>>>>>>>>> sometime in in the morning. Encryption *should* be off,  
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>but if you spot launches with encryption ON, then let  
>>>>>>>>> me know...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Predictions from the Pt Wakefield launch site are available  
>>>>>>>>> here: https://rfhead.net/sondes/ptwakefield/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Monday looks reasonable, then it gets bad for a while... If the  
>>>>>>>>> predictions look good for later in the week I'll be  
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>taking a day off work to go chase!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Good Hunting...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 73
>>>>>>>>> Mark VK5QI
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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