Radio Setup:LSB, No Squelch (Use a wide filter please, to accomodate transmitter frequency drifting)
The balloon will switch to the lower frequency when it gets east of 66W Longitude.
Latest info for DTRC listeners:
Transmission Schedule for SNOX V:
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 Num D C B -------------- 0 | 0 0 0 1 | 0 0 1 2 | 0 1 0 3 | 0 1 1 4 | 1 0 0 5 | 1 0 1 6 | 1 1 0 7 | 1 1 1
Telemetry Format: if you're curious (you don't have to decode it by hand, but it can be fun!)
?/0 UTC /1 Volts tx /2 Volts cpu /3 Minutes Heater has run /4 Degrees C in /5 Degrees C out /6 Maximim Altitude /7 climb avg /8
ballast seconds /9 flight mode /: sequence number /)(Checksums()
;/0 UTC /1 Lat /2 Lon /3 Altitude Meters /4 Hdg /5 Spd /6 GPSFix /7 GPSHDOP /8 seq number /)(Checksums()
SpiritOfKnoxville.com - view SNOX news and live tracking here
DTRC Live Chat - online live chat with other DTRC users and SNOX crew during missions
DTRC Peek - See your raw data coming in to our servers, and see who else is running DTRC now
FAQ - frequently asked questions about DTRC and the Spirit of Knoxville
contact@spiritofknoxville.com - Email the SNOX team and DTRC developers.
DTRC Download - Get a new copy of DTRC -- useful if you've changed settings and can't remember what they were
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