24 Apr
2012
24 Apr
'12
3:37 p.m.
DELMARVA Hams: We are going to launch an APRS balloon at about 1300 on Friday if we get it all together by then. It will drift at about 5000 feet with a radio range of only about 100 miles or so. It has a wireless 2.4 GHz live camera on Channel 1.
We will command cut-down somewhere over the eastern shore to assure recovery before the Atlantic...
We will probably use the 146.82 (T156) Salsbury repeater during the chase?
Info on http://aprs.org/balloons.html
You'll probably need some kind of 2.4 GHz dish to see it beyond a mile or so. We have a 4' dish on a van with an AZ/EL tracker that we hope to be able to follow it with.
Bob, WB4APR