Monthly Archives: January 2016

PS-60 APRS/Olivia PICO balloon

PS-60 was released at 7am Sat 30 Jan 2016 AEST.

Solar powered party balloon, 10mW TX.
APRS on 145.175Mhz
Olivia 8/250 with RSID on 434.649Mhz USB (Dial frequency)

Tracking as
PS-60 on SNUS
VK3YT-11 on APRS.FI

Prediction

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Update #1 Tues 2 Feb 2016 8:4 AEST

PS-60 has finally headed East after spending more than 3 days circling VIC/SA/NSW

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Prediction:

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Thanks everyone for assistance with tracking, it was a great collective effort.