Hello All, At 15 september 2013 a weather balloon will be launched from QTH De Bilt in the Netherlands with a transponder, beacon and ATV video transmitter . This event is a balloon fox hunt organized once in every year. In the past Dutch amateur radio operators worked stations - from F/G/ON/DL via the balloon transponder. 145.475Mhz downlink (FM/N). 432.550Mhz uplink (FM/N).
145.450Mhz 100mw beacon (FM/N). 2330Mhz ATV video transmitter with camera looking down. Live video stream from the balloon camera will be shown on: http://www.pi6atv.com/ http://www.ch73.net/ At 7.077Mhz (LSB) a special balloon event ground station will be - active with the callsign PH35BHV. The special callsign is because it will be the 35th ballon fox hunt event. The weather balloon will be launched arround 11:00 UTC (it can also be later). More information you can find on the balloon fox hunt website. http://www.ballonvossenjacht.nl/ (click on the English language right side). 73s Cor PD0RKC _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
