ARLA/CLUSTER: Radio-balão australiano perde-se nas águas da Antartida

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Aussie balloon lost in polar sea

The pico balloon *PS-52* from Melbourne travelled just north of New
Zealand, then turned south, but encountered poor weather in the Antarctic
region.

Launched on Saturday September 5, it was tracked on HF by the weak signal
modes of JT9 and WSPR, via a solar powered 25 mW transmitter.

*Andy VK3YT* says the balloon reached the Southern Ocean on Monday, and
after being tossed around for a few hours by a rough weather front, it had
a rapid loss of altitude, and went down.

PS-52 reaffirmed such foil party-type balloons that normally float at
high-attitude in the jet-stream flow had to cope with weather when at
such relatively low altitudes.

*Jim Linton VK3PC*
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