Balloon Launch this coming weekend

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The following was received on email from ARV, sounds like a great student project to follow.

Balloon Launch
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Following up on earlier post the students from Huntingtower College are about to launch a further two balloons this weekend, both balloons will be using our VK3ZWI callsign.

The project leader tells me:-

We will be launching our pico balloons this weekend. This coincides with a world-wide school launch for the autumn equinox.

The equinox does not have any real significance other than celebrating the weekend with balloon launches from both of the northern and southern hemispheres!

We are launching a WSPR tracker and balloon from Mount Waverley in Victoria, VK3ZWI-6, and a APRS tracker and balloon, VK3ZWI-5, from West Australia.

The Victorian launch will definitely be Saturday morning. The launch in WA will be either Saturday or Sunday depending on weather.

I will send you a logging link to APRS.fi as both balloons will be logged there. We scrape the WSPR data, reformat it and post it to APRS.fi as well although it can be tracked on the WSPRnet as well.

We wish the students well in their endeavors.

Try

https://aprs.fi/#!call=vk3zwi

to track their progress

Regards

Ross VK3CE
ARV Secretary/Treasurer
 
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