PS-63 was released on Sunday 7 April 2016.
It descended in bad weather in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean after 5 days 9h.
Thanks everyone for assistance with tracking.
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PS-62 HF PICO balloon WSPR JT9
PS-62 is planned to be launched this Sun 20th March 2016 AEST, around 7am.
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 1650Hz offset.
See HF decoding info at http://picospace.net/?cat=34
Tracking as PS-62 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