ARLA/CLUSTER: Radioamador britanico recria com o lançamento um "teddy bear" o salto de Felix Baumgartner's

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Giant leap for Radio Ham's Pi-powered teddy bear

BBC News reports on radio amateur Dave Akerman M6RPI's successful 434
MHz balloon flight on Monday, August 26

The balloon carried transmitters on 434.200 MHz and 434.250 MHz and
transmitted images using the amateur radio Slow Scan Digital Video
(SSDV) standard.

The BBC say:
A soft toy controlled by a Raspberry Pi computer has re-created Felix
Baumgartner's record-breaking skydive.

Mr Baumgartner made the highest ever freefall in October 2012 when he
jumped from a balloon about 39km up.

A bear called Babbage has now leapt from a similar height after
ascending beneath a hydrogen-filled balloon.

The Raspberry Pi low-cost micro-computer inside Babbage transmitted
his position and shot stills and video throughout the flight and
descent.

Read the BBC news story at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23840596

See the SSDV images at
http://ssdv.habhub.org/

Slow Scan Digital Video (SSDV) Guide
http://ukhas.org.uk/guides:ssdv

Dave M6RPI website
http://www.daveakerman.com/


Dave M6RPI had made an initial attempt on Saturday but the bear's
release mechanism didn't work
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/august2013/
434_mhz_balloons_launch_this_weekend.htm