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PS-44 HF PICO balloon WSPR JT9

PS-44 was released at 7am 17/5/2015 AEST

Solar powered party balloon, 25mW TX
TX WSPR, JT9 on 30m and 20m

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

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

Tracking as PS-44 on SNUS http://picospace.net/tracker/new
WSPR call sign is VK3YT http://wsprnet.org/olddb?findcall=vk3yt

Prediction

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Update #1 10pm 17/5/2015

PS-44 developed a leak and descended into Bass Strait this evening.

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PS-42 HF PICO balloon WSPR JT9

PS-42 is in the air for some testing.
This will be tracked in parallel with PS-41

Solar powered party balloon, 25mW TX
TX WSPR, JT9 on 30m and 20m

Dial frequency 10.138700Mhz and 14.095600Mhz (standard WSPR dial frequencies) for WSPR, JT9.
PS-41 is at 900Hz and PS-42 is at 1100Hz on the waterfall.

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

Tracking as PS-42 on SNUS http://picospace.net/tracker/new
WSPR call sign is VK3ANH http://wsprnet.org/olddb?findcall=vk3anh

Update #1 7pm 13/4/2015 AEST

PS-42 crossed the international dateline earlier today

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Prediction

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Update #2 8pm 16/4/2015 AEST

PS-42 is taking its time in the Pacific. Probably not a bad idea considering all the attention was on PS-41 crossing the initial starting line.

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Updaet #3 9pm 22/4/2015 AEST

PS-42 went down near South America around the same time as PS-41 completed the lap.