[Vk5-wx-sonde] Possible Launch Thursday 29th October 2020

[Mark Jessop]

No coding error (well, technically yes..), but the source of the wind data
we use is currently down. Hopefully should be working again tomorrow.

- Mark

On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 10:36 PM Steve via Vk5-wx-sonde <
vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:

> Hi Mark , I will leave a tracker running for horus,
>
> ps there seems to be a coding error for
>
> https://rfhead.net/sondes/adelaide/
>
> it is returning results for Williamtown.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 14:15:50 +1030, Mark Jessop via Vk5-wx-sonde <
> vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> On Thursday the 29th of October, at around 10AM, there is the possibility
> of a High-Altitude balloon launch occurring from near Paris Creek by the
> Prescott College Southern High School, as part of their Science Program.
> This school has been performing launches for a few years, but this will be
> their first launch using a radio tracker.
>
> They will be flying a 'Horus Binary' 4FSK tracker, transmitting on the
> usual frequency of 434.660 MHz. Their callsign will be 'PRESCOTTSOUTH'
> (which is decoded automatically by the horus-gui software).
>
> If you're set up to decode regular Horus Launches, then this should be as
> easy to decode. A guide on how to get set up to decode is here:
> https://github.com/projecthorus/horusdemodlib/wiki/1.1-Horus-GUI-Reception-Guide-(Windows-Linux-OSX)
>
> Current flight path predictions are  looking a bit sketchy (landing , so
> this launch *may* be delayed, but I'll keep everyone updated with what's
> happening as we get close to the launch date.
>
> 73
> Mark VK5QI
>
>
>
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