And where on the planet might this "local" event be? A balloon can have a range of 400 miles or so. Lots of us can watch if we know what part of the planet this might be in...
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of David Julian Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 7:59 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] APRS Balloon antenna tracking
A local University is going to do a balloon launch and release a paper airplane this Saturday. they will have APRS on both the balloon and airplane with the goal to find both when they land. I won't be able to join the chase but just for fun I would like to use my satellite antenna array to track them. Is anyone aware of a program that will steer the antenna's based on received APRS data? I am using an LVB tracker and Yaesu 5400 setup and have SATPC32 and Nova for windows if there is some sort of an interface program.
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