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PS-71 Pico balloon Sat 18 March - APRS and Olivia - VK3YT - 16-03-2017 Hi all, Great to be back! PS-71 is planned for release at 7am Sat 18 March 2017 AEST. Solar powered party balloon, 10mW TX APRS on 145.175Mhz Olivia 8/250 with RSID on 434.649Mhz USB (Dial frequency) Tracking as PS-71 on SNUS https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=9&qm=1_day&f=PS-71&q=PS-71 VK3YT-11 on APRS.FI http://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=7&call=a%2FVK3YT-11&timerange=86400&tail=86400 Prediction (the red line) The balloon is predicted to travel west from Melbourne towards Adelaide, then turn east again towards New Zealand. Assistance with tracking is appreciated. Instructions for tracking can be found here http://picospace.net/?p=736 Chat forum on the day: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=picospace Regards, Andy VK3YT Re: PS-71 Pico balloon Sat 18 March - APRS and Olivia - VK2HRX - 22-03-2017 Did it hit the thunderstorms around Sydney tonight? I was watching it as it passed by. Compton VK2HRX