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====== AJ2 UKHASnet Balloon Launch ======

===== Launch Details =====
  * Launch 22/5/16 10:00
  * Preston St Mary, Suffolk
  * Howyee 1600gram balloon
  * Aiming for float around 30km

==== AJ2 ====
  * LPC812 Etna board (RFM69HW)
  * Resistor heater controlled by mosfet with PID control
  * MCP1700 3.3v voltage regulator
  * 2* 3 Lithium Energizer AAs
  * Ublox 6 GPS with large patch antenna
  * 1/4 wave antenna

  * Setup to beacon every 30 seconds, repeat all packets

==== ATLAS ====
  * pAVA r7 PCB (Atmega328, Ublox GPS, RFM22)
    * RTTY ASCII-7 Stop 2 
    * Frequency 434.300Mhz
    * Continous transmission
    * **WARNING - will be drifty**
  * 1/4 wave antenna
  * 2* Lithium Energizer AAs

  * Total Mass = 250g

balloon_nodes/aj2.txt · Last modified: 2020/06/27 23:02 (external edit)

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