Sunday, October 11th, 2009, 5:49 pm [
General]
ARBONET III FAST FACTS
- Scheduled Launch Date: Saturday, October 17th, 2009
- Scheduled Launch Time: 9:30 AM CDT
- Back-Up Weather Date: (TBD)
- Launch Site: Clarksville - Red River County Airport (33.5932 N, 95.0635 W)
- Flight Duration: Approximately 2 hours for Payloads 2,3,4 possibly up to 3.5 hours for Payload 1
- Launch Net: K5FRC - 3.910MHz +/- 10KHz for QRM, Starting at 9:00AM CST until recover of all payloads
Payload Details:
Payload 1
- 2M Voice Beacon: ID: K5ARB - 144.930MHz FM
- 2M APRS: ID: K5ARB-1. 144.390MHz
Payloads 2,3,4
- 2M CW Homing Beacon ID: K5ARB. Comprised of FM carrier with CW tone at 147.475MHz
- 2M APRS: K5ARB-2 144.390MHz
- 70CM / 2M FM Cross-Band Repeater: K5ARB - 445.800MHz UP, 145.560MHz Down
- 20M CW Homing Beacon ID: K5RWK - 14.058MHz
Reception Reports:The ARBONET TEAM requests reception reports from observers who receive transmissions from any one of the various payloads aboard ARBONET III. A commemorative QSL card really will be sent out to those who submit reception reports/ Reception reports may be made via http://www.arbonet.net/external2.html