PS-36 HF PICO Balloon WSPR, JT9, CW

PS-36 PICO balloon was released at 6:45AM Fri 27/2/2015 AEST.

Solar powered party balloon, 25mW TX
WSPR, JT9 and CW (12WPM) on 30m and 20m

Dial frequency on 10.138700Mhz and 14.095600Mhz (standard WSPR dial frequencies) for both WSPR and JT9.

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

Tracking as PS-36 on SNUS http://picospace.net/tracker/new
WSPR call sign is VK3YT http://wsprnet.org/olddb?findcall=vk3yt

CW sending [VK3YT GRID ALT BATTERY] at x6 minutes when battery is full.

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Update #1 8am 28 Feb 2015 AEST

PS-36 is in QLD, with huge support from trackers

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Update #2, 11pm 1 Mar 2014 AEST

It has been slow going, with the balloon turning West just before Cape York.
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Update #3, 5pm 3 Mar 2015 AEST

PS-36 crossed WA-SA border today, on the way to end the loop over 6 mainland states.

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Update #4, 5pm 5 Mar 2015 AEST

PS-36 finally made it to the Tasman Sea today.

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Update #5, 11am 9 Mar 2015 AEST

After passing New Zealand a few days ago, PS-36 has been heading north

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Update #6, 7am 10 Mar 2015 AEST

PS-36 went down over night, just before reaching Tuvalu, a free hours short of 11 days in the air.

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Thanks you for assistance with tracking.

This was what brought the little balloon down:

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