PS-70

[VK5EI]

Information received from Andy this afternoon posted on this forum for interested trackers

Hi,

PS-70 is planned to be released on Sunday 22 Jan 2017.

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

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

JT9 is at 1650Hz on the waterfall.

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

Tracking as PS-70 on SNUS http://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&m...70&q=PS-70
WSPR call sign is VK3YT http://wsprnet.org/olddb?findcall=vk3yt

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



It looks like the balloon will be a hanging around Australia for a couple of days.

Assistance with tracking is appreciated.

Regards,
Andy