On May-19 authorized high altitude Balloon was launched from La Pampa, Argentina, reaching 34.000 m, carring UHF to VHF (4w) subtone activated repeater, APRS lu7aa-11, Robot-36 live SSTV, CW, 40/20m CW tlm beacon and 2 video cameras. (Total weight 970 grams) Details (in spanish) on http://www.amsat.org.ar/globo19.htm
During the 4 hours flight, over 200 stations pileup doing bilateral QSOs thru repeater participated using mostly dual band handies, a contest was in place, winner from Uruguay won a dual band handy, participants got certificates http://www.amsat.org.ar/cx2tq.jpg
Payload was recovered from a mud on Oct-6 by 4x4 Adventure Group in isolated and flooded area, recovered payload photos & analysis on http://www.amsat.org.ar/rescate.jpg
Video and sound taken by two on board TV Cameras spanned 6 hours, they had been compiled and available to view on http://youtu.be/ib9_zlgN8d0
Experiment is part of Amsat-LU development and field tests as well as users practice of LUSEX satellite http://www.lusex.org.ar
Planned to be repeated during Nov/Dec timeframe pending flight authorization by Argentina Federal Aviation Authorities.
73, LU7AA, AMSAT Argentina info at amsat.org.ar http://www.amsat.org.ar http://www.facebook.com/Amsat.LU