[Vk5-wx-sonde] Not-So-High-Altitude Balloon Launch #2 - Saturday 12th September

[Steve]

Depending how things pan out , I will probably go out there somewhere as  
well.
The Punthari area looks like a good landing site.

Steve..//


On Wed, 09 Sep 2020 19:51:45 +0930, Mark Jessop via Vk5-wx-sonde  
<vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Launch #2 for UofA is currently planned to take place this Saturday  
> Afternoon (12th September), with launch sometime between >1 and 2pm.  
> This will be the second launch of the Holographic Microscope payload  
> which was operated successfully on the first >launch.
>
> This launch is planned to be from the Buckland Park research site, near  
> the BOM weather radar. Unfortunately due to the nature >of the site we  
> can't accommodate spectators. We expect the balloon to burst around 10km  
> altitude, however I will likely be >terminating the flight (cutting the  
> balloon away) prior to this.
>
> The flight path for this launch is somewhat difficult, with the landing  
> predicted to be to the East of Mannum (south of VK5CP's >shack!). Liam  
> VK5LJG has kindly volunteered to visit the mannum bakery^W^W^W^W head  
> out to the landing site ahead of time >to track the payload to the  
> ground, while the launch team race across the hills from the launch site.
>
> As always (and more so in this case), the launch is highly dependent on  
> weather conditions, and the launch may be called off >with short notice.
>
> The current telemetry transmissions are expected:
> - Horus Binary (4FSK) - 434.660 MHz USB
> - Wenet Imagery - 443.5 MHz
>
> If you haven't tracked telemetry from a balloon flight before, this is a  
> good one to get started with! (though note that the flight >may be quite  
> short)
> Information on decoding the Horus Binary telemetry is available here:  
> https://github.com/projecthorus/horusdemodlib/wiki#how->do-i-receive-it
> Note that there has been a move to a new standalone user interface for  
> decoding, which should be somewhat simpler to setup >for new users.
> If you have a decoding setup working using FreeDV, it should still  
> remain compatible for some time, but note that newer >versions of FreeDV  
> will not decode the Horus telemetry.
>
> Decoding the Wenet imagery is a bit more involved, with a guide here:  
> https://github.com/projecthorus/wenet/wiki/Wenet-RX->Instructions-(Ubuntu-Debian)
>
> If you have any issues getting the software going, please let me know  
> via e-mail ( vk5qi at rfhead.net ).
>
> 73
> Mark VK5QI



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