ARLA/CLUSTER: Sobe, sobe, balão sobe, em 434 e 438MHz desde o Reino Unido

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

434 MHz & 438 MHz balloon launches today

 More balloons carrying 70cm transmitters will be launched this
weekend, among them are STRATODEAN and STS-3 PICO

STATODEAN is aiming for a launch from Coleford, Gloucestershire this
Saturday afternoon at 2pm, predicted direction is towards Wales.

STRATODEAN Two: $$SDEAN, 434.650MHz, 50 baud, 350hz shift, ASCII-7, 2
stop bits, no parity.

 The payload will be around 1100g and it is using a Hwoyee 1000g
balloon.  This is the same configuration as their first launch which
reached a height of 32000m. The payload will contain a CHDK digital
still camera and a GoPro Hero 2 - this time with no lens covering and
an open case - so hopefully no fogging this time!

 Trackers would be much appreciated. If you want a bit more background
of the project and check out the website http://www.stratodean.co.uk/
or follow https://twitter.com/ stratodean.

 Radim OM2AMR reports that the STS-3 PICO balloon will launch from Slovakia:
Date/Time: 18 May 2013, approx. 9:00 UTC
 Flight: STS-3 PICO TEST:STS-3
 Freq: 438.020 MHz USB
 UKHAS RTTY, 300Bd, 7N2, 450 Hz shift, ca. 8 mW RF Power

 When at an altitude of 30 km the balloons should be receivable over 500 km away

 Tracks of the balloons should be available at
http://www.spacenear.us/tracker

 Beginners Guide to Tracking using dl-fldigi
http://ukhas.org.uk/guides:tracking_guide

 To get details of upcoming launches subscribe to the UKHAS Mailing
List by sending a blank email to this address:
ukhas+subscribe  googlegroups.com

 Video - How to track High Altitude 434 MHz Balloons
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/may2013/high_altitude_434_mhz_balloon_tracking.htm