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KC9SGV
 
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Hi All,
FT8 is a wonderful weak signal mode.
For Pico high altitude balloon telemetery, we need a bit more data stream functionality to enter data from sensors such as GPS, baro, temp, humidity, etc.
JS8 is excellent for this, but we need more monitors world wide.
These party balloons do circumnavigations of the Earth...!

This is where you come in.
Please also run the JS8Call software to report balloon telemetery to PSKReporter.
This will soon also be displayed on APRS.fi and the HabHub tracker.
As a FT8 station, you are already setup with the hardware to run a JS8 monitoring station for high altitude balloon tracking.

The Pico and HAB balloon community will be very appreciative !

Current JS8 coverage.

KC9SGV
 

The Pico balloon email group is here...
https://groups.io/g/picoballoon

Thanks !
Bernard,
KC9SGV
Chicago.

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On Dec 9, 2019, at 12:24 PM, KC9SGV via Groups.Io <kc9sgv@...> wrote:

Hi All,
FT8 is a wonderful weak signal mode.
For Pico high altitude balloon telemetery, we need a bit more data stream functionality to enter data from sensors such as GPS, baro, temp, humidity, etc.
JS8 is excellent for this, but we need more monitors world wide.
These party balloons do circumnavigations of the Earth...!

This is where you come in.
Please also run the JS8Call software to report balloon telemetery to PSKReporter.
This will soon also be displayed on APRS.fi and the HabHub tracker.
As a FT8 station, you are already setup with the hardware to run a JS8 monitoring station for high altitude balloon tracking.

The Pico and HAB balloon community will be very appreciative !

Current JS8 coverage.

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Is their a particular callsign for the balloon ?
 
Andy K3UK 

On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 2:13 PM KC9SGV <kc9sgv@...> wrote:

Hi All,
FT8 is a wonderful weak signal mode.
For Pico high altitude balloon telemetery, we need a bit more data stream functionality to enter data from sensors such as GPS, baro, temp, humidity, etc.
JS8 is excellent for this, but we need more monitors world wide.
These party balloons do circumnavigations of the Earth...!

This is where you come in.
Please also run the JS8Call software to report balloon telemetery to PSKReporter.
This will soon also be displayed on APRS.fi and the HabHub tracker.
As a FT8 station, you are already setup with the hardware to run a JS8 monitoring station for high altitude balloon tracking.

The Pico and HAB balloon community will be very appreciative !

Current JS8 coverage.

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Hi Andy,
Thanks for letting me in.
Not as of yet.
We are just trying to increase the server base a bit first.
HF WSPR worked well with the huge server base, but the packets are too limited for enhanced telemetery.
A fudged workaround was used until now.
VHF/UHF APRS was also used, but Geofencing had to be applied with the different APRS IRU frequencies.

JS8 looks very promising.
Since most payloads are only using small solar panels to decrease weight, only daytime transmissions are possible.
This leaves us with 20 M for an optimum antenna and functional solution.
40 M by night with a LiPo pill battery, but some of these balloons fly for months...

JS8 payloads and software are designed as we speak.

Here is the HabHub tracker.
Only some balloons achieve float.
THAT is the challenge.

Bernard (Bernie)
KC9SGV

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On Dec 9, 2019, at 1:21 PM, Andrew O'Brien <andrewobrie@...> wrote:

Is their a particular callsign for the balloon ?

Andy K3UK 

On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 2:13 PM KC9SGV <kc9sgv@...> wrote:
Hi All,
FT8 is a wonderful weak signal mode.
For Pico high altitude balloon telemetery, we need a bit more data stream functionality to enter data from sensors such as GPS, baro, temp, humidity, etc.
JS8 is excellent for this, but we need more monitors world wide.
These party balloons do circumnavigations of the Earth...!

This is where you come in.
Please also run the JS8Call software to report balloon telemetery to PSKReporter.
This will soon also be displayed on APRS.fi and the HabHub tracker.
As a FT8 station, you are already setup with the hardware to run a JS8 monitoring station for high altitude balloon tracking.

The Pico and HAB balloon community will be very appreciative !

Current JS8 coverage.

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