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KA9LCF > NEWS 07.09.12 22:34l 28 Lines 899 Bytes #999 (0) @ ALLIN
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Subj: ARN: Ham Radio in Space
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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: APRS TO ASSIST VULTURE 2 SPACEPLANE
TRACKING
The Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator Vulture 2 space
plane will carry an amateur radio Automatic Packet Reporting
System or APRS system.
The UK newspaper the Register reports that Anthony Stirk, M-
Zero-U-P-U, who was involved in the Raspberry Pi In The
Sky mission, is working on the custom control board for the
Vulture 2 space plane.
As of now, the communications subsystem has a Radiometrix
300 milliwatt HX1 144 MHz band module for APRS and a
Radiometrix 10 milliwatt NTX2 433 MHz band module for RTTY.
More information on frequencies will ve announced at a later
date.
More on this upcoming near to space adventure can be read on-
line at tinyurl.com/vulture-2. And we will have more ham
radio space related news later on in this weeks newscast.
(UK Register)
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