[TNham] SNOX V lost near Bristol, TN - listeners needed

[Greg Williams]

Hello everyone:

We need to help listening for the payload.

Last known position on the tracking page has it NE of Bristol, near the 
TN/VA/NC lines.

http://spiritofknoxville.com/live.html - Dashboard showing status of flight.

We are asking for hams in that area to listen for the payload on or 
about 10146.00 Mhz, LSB, for a RTTY transmission and CW transmission 
giving telemetry such as position, altitude, speed, etc.

The following is the transmission schedule:

	RTTY: Times specified reference *local time* for balloon's location.
	      0500-2300 00,05,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 minutes after the hour. 
	      2300-0500 00,30 minutes after the hour
	CW Full ID: All Day 02,32 minutes after the hour
	CW Beacon: for every minute without any other transmission, sends 1 character on the minute
	           CW Beacon number is a telemetry code value, decode it here:
	           	Ballast: 1 = releasing ballast
	           	Climb: 1 = climbing
	           	Descent Speed Braking: 1 = speed recovery

If you do not have an RTTY decoder, we have software that will not only decode the RTTY signal, but send it via 
internet to the Spirit of Knoxville team and will update the tracking page (with a complete telemetry reception).  
The programs is called the Distributed Tracking Relay Client, or DTRC.

http://dtrc.utarc.org/status.php - Status and DTRC download.

http://dtrc.utarc.org/chat.html - IRC chatroom 

If you copy CW telemetry, please send the report via our report page at www.utarc.org (form is on the main page).

If you know of hams in the area, please let them know and forward this on to them as well.

Thanks and 73

-- 

Gregory S. Williams
gregwilliams(at)knology.net
k4hsm(at)knology.net

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