Thanks for that Rob. <br><br>I'm wondering if using the APRS system is better than using the nextG network for the GPS-data.<br><br>His balloon got to 30,000m and his handheld transmitter appears to have kept reception, would we expect a nextG device to keep reception ?<br>
<br>regards,<br>Murray<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 May 2010 12:16, Rob - VK6LD <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vk6ld@sjr.com.au">vk6ld@sjr.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hello Murray,<br>
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Have a read of this article to see how this balloon experiment was<br>
tracked in country Victoria.<br>
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<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/offtheshelf-expedition-takes-flight-20091014-gw6o.html" target="_blank">http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/offtheshelf-expedition-takes-flight-20091014-gw6o.html</a><br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Rob...<br>
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