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Default [AMSAT-UK] UBSEDS24 Balloon with SSDV - 2nd Launch Attempt


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UBSEDS24 Balloon with SSDV - 2nd Launch Attempt

Posted: 05 May 2017 12:47 PM PDT
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/05/ubseds24-2nd-attempt/

UBSEDS18 balloon launched in August 2016

Richard Meadows M0SBU reports there will be a second attempt to launch the
Raspberry Pi Zero equipped 434 MHz balloon UBSEDS24 early Monday morning.

On the UKHAS Google Group Richard writes:

Theres going to be another attempt to launch this flight from Bristol this
Monday, May 8 between 0500 and 0530 BST [0400-0430 GMT]. This is weather
permitting, but the forecast looks okay at the moment.

This launch is using a 1.9m envelope and longer payload train, and so
theres a NOTAM in place. This tracker has a Raspberry Pi Zero V1.3
attached, which transmits images when solar power is available. Its a
different design to our launch last August; in this case the tracker will
continue to operate even if the pi fails. For the curious the pi status
telemetry values a 0 = off, 1 = on, 2 = PITS started, 3 = SSDV started).

There will hopefully be a cutdown mounted between the balloon and the
tracker. Well be testing the 434 MHz uplink to this whilst its still in
range of Bristol; if it returns over the UK at a convenient time and place
we will attempt to trigger the cutdown.

The tracker has several transmissions:

434.635 MHz USB Telemetry Contestia 16/1000 with pips and RSID,
transmitting telemetry. Once per minute below 8km altitude and every two
minutes otherwise.

434.637.5 MHz SSDV Two modes:

(1) While balloon over UK and English channel GMSK at 12 ksymbol/s. 44
interleaved, R=1/2 convolutional K=5, HDLC framing, whitened etc. as per
the AX5043 manual. Concatenated with RS(255,223) to mop up some burst
errors.

(2) Outside UK 300 baud RTTY, 850 Hz shift, 8N2.

If you are listening to the RTTY, remember to turn off the RxID button on
the top right of dl-fldigi.

Rather than the usual JPEG SSDV, this is transmitting Better Portable
Graphics (BPG) images. This is experimental, and ssdv.habhub.org doesnt
support it just yet. Hence receivers should upload to
http://ssdv.bristol-seds.co.uk instead, please read the instructions on
this site. Youll need dl-fldigi release 3.2, as explained on the site.
James Coxon M6JCX has made the dl-fldigi release available at:
https://github.com/jamescoxon/dl-fld...leases/tag/3.2

The flight is expected to head south towards France. Many thanks to
everyone who attempts to track this.

Track the balloon online at https://tracker.habhub.org/

Listen to the balloon online with the SUWS WebSDR link at
https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/balloons/

UBSEDS http://www.bristol-seds.co.uk/

Richard M0SBU who is involved in the UBSEDS project took the amateur radio
training courses run by the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS) at
Danbury in Essex. Further information on the courses is available from the
CARS Training Coordinator, Christopher G0IPU

Tel: 07908-107951

Email: training2017 at g0mwt.org.uk

Web: http://g0mwt.org.uk/training

What is Amateur Radio? http://www.essexham.co.uk/what-is-amateur-radio

Find an amateur radio training course near you
https://thersgb.org/services/coursefinder/

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