Track the balloon in real-time using the screens below (there’s a link to the full-size version in the table below)
Balloon Path and Telemetry
Hi-Definition Images
Full Payload List
| Payload | Callsign | Frequency | Participate |
| SSTV + Wenet / SSDV | KE5GDB | 432.5MHz SSTV Robot 36 (FM) 431.5MHz Wenet 96kbaud I2S | SSTV on the air – Robot 36 Wenet live images at http://ssdv.habhub.org/KE5GDB Wenet RX |
| Crossband Repeater | K5RWK | 446.0MHz Downlink 147.435MHz + PL67.0 Uplink | On the air |
| FT-8 Transponder | K5RWK | 14.074MHz | On the air |
| Tracker – RS41 BMP680 Sensor | K5RWK | 432.700 @ 100 baud USB (-1KHz dial) | On the air / track online How to decode Decode online |
| Tracker – RS41 Tried and true | K5UTD | 432.900 MHz USB (-1KHz dial) | On the air / track online How to decode Decode online |
| 360 Camera | SD card | Video after launch | |
| Balloon Neck Sensors | W5ADC | Bluetooth -> Wenet | Grafana @ balloon.k5nbc.com |
| Radar Reflector | KI1TEN | S-band, C-band | Major bonus points for seeing it on WSR-88D or TDWR |
Ways to participate from afar
- Track the payloads at https://amateur.sondehub.org/ (look for K5RWK, K5UTD, and KE5GDB-Wenet)
- Get in the log by making an FT-8 QSO with the balloon on 20m – callsign K5RWK
- Receive SSTV pictures in real-time – 432.5 MHz / Robot 36
- Make contacts through the crossband repeater – 147.435MHz PL 67.0 uplink, 446.0 (no PL) downlink
- Decode our tracking payloads – “Horus Binary v2” on 432.6, 432.7, and 432.9 MHz (decode using upper sideband and Horus GUI or https://horus.sondehub.org)
- Watch live images stream in via Wenet at https://ssdv.habhub.org/KE5GDB
We hope to see you at the launch or hear you on the crossband repeater!
