RSGB LoRa Repeater Balloon Launch September 20
The launch of the RSGB High-altitude balloon carrying the LoRa Repeater GB1HAB will take place around 11am BST (10:00 GMT) on Saturday, September 20.
As part of the RSGB’s National Coding Week activities this year, the RSGB Outreach Team has been working closely with Hi-Impact to launch a hot air balloon equipped with a LoRa digipeater.
The LoRa Repeater uses Spreading Factor (SF) 12, and Coding Rate (CR) 5 with a bandwidth of 125 kHz. The frequencies are:
Uplink 439.850 MHz use no more than 200 mW EIRP
Downlink 433.850 MHz
Further information at https://rsgb.org/main/coding-and-amateur-radio/lora-balloon-project/
Watch the launch on YouTube from 10am BST (09:00 GMT) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGIYx5oamkE
Real-time tracking of amateur high-altitude balloons https://amateur.sondehub.org/
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