PS-57 was released at 19:15 12 Dec 2015 UTC

Solar powered party balloon, 25mW TX
TX WSPR, JT9 on 30m only

Dial frequency 10.138700Mhz (standard WSPR dial frequency) for WSPR, JT9.
JT9 at 1100Hz offset.

See HF decoding info at http://picospace.net/?cat=34

Tracking as PS-57 on SNUS http://picospace.net/tracker/new
WSPR call sign is VK3YT http://wsprnet.org/olddb?findcall=vk3yt

Prediction:

TX scheduling
Minute – Band – Mode – Condition
:00 – 30m – 2 mins WSPR then two x 1 min JT9 – mandatory
:10 – 30m – 2 mins WSPR then two x 1 min JT9 – if batt full
:20 – 30m – 2 mins WSPR then two x 1 min JT9 – if batt full
:30 – 30m – 2 mins WSPR then two x 1 min JT9 – mandatory
:40 – 30m – 2 mins WSPR then two x 1 min JT9 – if batt full
:50 – 30m – 2 mins WSPR then two x 1 min JT9 – if batt full

Update #1 20 Dec 2015 AEST

PS-57 move to within 5.8 degrees from the equator before turning South-East:

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Update #2 24 Dec 2015 AEST

PS-57 crossed the equator into the Northern Hemisphere this morning. Currently PS-57 is 9000m over Colombia, heading towards Venezuela:

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Update #3 26 Dec 2015 AEST

PS-57 is mid-way across the Atlantic

Weather map:

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Update #4 30 Dec 2015 AEST

PS-57 survived some rough weather in the last few days, with multiple loss of altitude

It appears to be stable in the last 24H

Update #4 12 Jan 2015 AEST

After 4 weeks, 1 day and 18 hours of flying time PS-57 went down in the middle of the Indian Ocean last night, taken down by bad weather.