The AREG January saturday foxhunt event was a great success with 4 groups participating in the foot hunt around the south Adelaide parkland wetlands . We had a couple of family teams out there as well. 6 low power 2m (144 MHz) beacons were scattered through the wetlands. All teams managed to find these within about 45 minutes which was a great effort.
One of the groups checking in that they found a fox transmitter
After the foot hunt, we took on the vehicle hunt challenge. Tony VK5AH and company took on the task of hiding the transmitters for this event across the NW suburbs of Adelaide. Three teams set out to find the foxes, two of which were on the 144 MHz band and one on the 439 MHz band. Tony set quite the challenge for us as we couldn’t hear any of the transmitters from the start.
After heading to high ground in North Adelaide, several of the teams caught a weak signal from one of the 144MHz beacons and we were then off north. That beacon was ultimately located near the Dry Creek rail yards. Next was 439 MHz, which took us across to the Port Adelaide Canoe club and finally, we caught a signal from the 2nd 144MHz beacon which lead us to the eastern boundary of the Adelaide Airport.
Fox Beacon 1 – 144 MHz
Fox 2 – 439 MHz hidden inside the polypipe
Fox 3 – buried under brush in a reserve on the east side of Adelaide Airport
The equipment used varies by team. Mark VK5QI has developed a system based around a Kraken Synchronous SDR Time of arrival system which allows his team to track while driving. Most of the others need to stop and take bearings along the way.
VK5QI team with a Kraken TOA Direction Finding System
Here you can see the route taken by the VK5QI time finding these three rather low powered fox transmitters spreadout across Adelaide.
Thanks to everyone who took part. This new Saturday format is something we will consider going forward for foxhunting throughout 2026!
Project Horus’s 69’th flight was held on the 18th of January 2026, launching from our usual launch site, the Mt Barker High School oval. This flight was a test of a few new and experimental payloads, including our first flight of the new ‘Horus Binary v3’ tracking telemetry mode.
The launch was an easy one, with only light winds at the launch site. It was great to see a few new faces along to see what a high-altitude balloon launch is all about!
The predicted flight path allowed for a fairly relaxed chase, so the chase teams headed off to Tailem Bend for some lunch while waiting for the balloon rise closer to its expected burst altitude. Chasing the flight were Mark VK5QI. Will VK5AHV, Autumn VK5CLD, and Peter VK5APR. We also had Peter VK5KX and Matt VK5ZM set up near Palmer tracking the flight.
The balloon ended up bursting at 33.831km altitude, a good 3 km higher than expected! The payloads descended to a landing approximately 20km north-east of Tailem Bend, just off the Karoonda highway. A quick chat to the landowner, and the chase teams were able to drive right up to the landing spot! A big thanks to Wayne Gregory for being so helpful!
Payloads, recovered!
Horus 69 Flight Statistics
Launch Date:
2026-01-17T23:26:31Z
Landing Date:
2026-01-18T02:04:16Z
Launch Site:
-35.07579, 138.85710
Landing Site:
-35.13652, 139.62709
Distance Travelled:
70 km
Maximum Altitude:
33831 m
Horus 69 Flight Path
Horus v3 Payload – HORUS-V3
This was the first Australian flight of the Horus Binary v3 telemetry mode, the latest version of the Horus Binary high-altitude balloon flight tracking system.
The following stations received the Horus v3 telemetry on this flight: BARC_4, VK3APJ, VK5ARG, VK5GA, VK5GA-2, VK5GY, VK5KX-9, VK5KX-i5, VK5QI-1, VK5QI-9, VK5SFA/R, VK5ST-5, VK5ZM
Thanks to everyone that updated their decoding software and had a go at decoding this new format! Based on the success of this flight (and many other flights overseas), Horus v3 will become the primary tracking mode used on future Project Horus flights.
Horus v2 Payload – HORUS-V2
While we will be switching to Horus v3 in the future, this flight still used a Horus v2 payload as the primary tracking payload, and we thank everyone that helped out with tracking on this flight:
The imagery payload on this flight was another experiment with the PiCam v3 autofocus camera, using information gained from flights in the United States that were successful in taking good quality (and importantly, in focus!) imagery. Thanks to the following stations that received imagery from this payload:
Sadly, the dynamics of the payloads on this flight (swinging + spinning) meant that the autofocus algorithm just couldn’t keep up, again resulting in blurry imagery. This is likely the final nail in the coffin for this camera unless we can work out a way of stabilising the payload without adding lots of extra mass. Work has now started on updating the ‘PiCam HQ’ payload (which last flew on Horus 60) up to the Wenet v2 standard, and this will likely fly on the next full launch.
A selection of photos from the payload are shown below:
Next Launch
Our next ‘full size’ launch will likely not be until the weather cools down again in March, and hopefully we’ll be able to finally get the Cross-band repeater in the air. Before then there may be some small launches with just Horus Binary v3 payloads, to assist receiving stations in getting their software updated and tested.
Again, thanks to everyone that participated in the launch, and we hope to see you on the map on our next flight!
2025 marked the year that the Amateur Radio Experimenters Group returned to the Oceania DX Contest after taking several years break. The aim was to put VL5X, the club contest call sign back on the air, and give our newer members a chance to participate in a world class contest. As the group does not have current access to a permanent contest grade station, our efforts revolved around building a portable station that was as competitive as possible yet achievable with only a small window for construction.
Planning & Site Selection
The event planning began back in March, when we started looking for suitable sites. Multiple factors played a part, including accessibility, weather destruction risks, operating environment and HF propagation performance. The weather featured highly in these considerations, given the destruction of the station that occurred back in 2022 when a severe storm front blew over the site mid contest, destroying several antennas in the process. The ability to operate multiple 400W transmitting stations in close proximity was also critical to the success, as we were planning a MULTI-MULTI entry – the aim of which being to give as many operating opportunities to as many members as we could during the contest.
We considered various sites and how they would perform from a terrain and antenna height perspective.
We also studied propagation charts so we could plan which bands we should be looking at and when. We aimed to enter the contest as well equipped as we could.
Final Location
Our final location was chosen because it could achieve our propagation objectives, as well as comfortably housing the contest crew. One of our members owns a home atop Willunga Hill, which in the end is where we chose to play!
Equipment Plan
Antennas & Filters/Combiners
80m Band 1/4 wave vertical DK9IP Design – mounted on an 18m Spiderbeam pole
40m Band 4-square Phased Array – designed by Oly VK5XDX
20-10m Portable HexBeam – MW0JZE design on a 10m Spiderbeam Aluminium Tower
20-10m Spiderbeam (3el on 20/15m and 4el on 10m) on a 10m Spiderbeam HD Aluminium Mast
Our secret weapon was our set of VA6AM Filter Combiners for 20-10m which allowed us to run 3 stations on the one antenna.
VA6AM High Power Bandpass Filter / Combiner set
The Team
None of this gear achieves much without an operator team. We had a great turnout from the membership, with 13 operators taking turns running the station for the 24hrs of the contest. A huge thanks to VK5AKH, VK5CIA, VK5EDY, VK5FR, VK5GLD, VK5GR, VK5IR, VK5KT, VK5MN, VK5QI, VK5XDX, VK5ZM and VK5ZQV. We also had construction help additionally from VK5SFA, and site support thanks to VK5ABG.
VK5GLD
VK5XDX
VK5KT & VK5EDY
VK5GR & VK5MN
VK5FR
VK5QI
VK5GR & VK5ZM
VK5CIA & VK5QI
VK5KT & VK5AKH
The Result
So what did we achieve? From AREG’s perspective, we achieved our best ever score in the OCDX contest since we first participated in 2012. Our raw score was over 1.9 million points. This was despite what turned into some of the worst SSB contesting ionospheric conditions we have ever encountered. Much of Sunday’s daylight hours were lost due to extremely high absorption, leaving us calling often into dead bands for only 1-2 QSOs an hour. Its a credit to the team’s determination and perseverance to have scored so well.
In the end, the effort was worthwhile, with VL5X victorious in the Multi-Multi category for 2025. We just managed to hold off the team from T32AZ on Kiribati to retain first place in our category this year even after count-backs for scoring errors. A very happy outcome for our return to this event after a 3 year hiatus.
Thanks must go to the entire team who was involved in this activity. It was great to see so many AREG members get involved in what was a really great fun weekend!
UPDATE:The next AREG foxhunt event will now be held on Saturday January 31st starting at 2.00pm. The date change is due to the weather forecast predicting 40+ deg Celcius on the original date of Saturday 24th.
Fox hunting, or Amateur Radio Direction Finding as it is more properly known, is an event where radio amateurs gather together to track down the location of a hidden transmitter using radio direction finding techniques. Foxhunts can take several forms, including on foot and from a vehicle over a wider area.
For this event, we will cater for both kinds of activity – with a 5 transmitter foot based hunt firstly held around the wetlands in the Adelaide South Parklands, followed by a three stage vehicle hunt across metropolitan Adelaide.
The event is open to everyone. For those without vehicle based equipment, you can still come and try some on foot hunting around the Adelaide South Park Lands before the multi-leg metropolitan hunt gets underway (we will have some equipment available to borrow for this part of the event).
While the activity is running, we will be listening and liaising on the linked repeater system via either the CBD 438.025 MHz or Summertown 439.900 MHz repeaters. It is intended to wrap up hunting activities by ~5.30pm and then pick somewhere close to the final fox locations to gather for dinner.
The next Project Horus launch is planned to occur on Sunday the 18th of January. This will be a flight to test out a few new payload ideas, including:
A re-flight of the PiCam v3 Wenet imagery payload, now with a camera shroud to hopefully assist autofocus.
The first test of a tracking payload running a new Horus Binary v3 mode.
A Meshtastic beacon from the SA Meshtastic Users Group (which includes quite a few AREG club members!). Unfortunately this will not be flying this launch. Expect this on our next launch!
This launch is currently planned to be performed from the Mt Barker High School Oval, which is accessible from Stephenson Street, Mt Barker.
Mt Barker Launch Site
The launch time is expected to be our usual 10AM, with launch crews arriving on-site around 9-9:30 AM.
Details of the frequencies in use on this flight are:
Primary Horus Binary Telemetry on 434.200 MHz
Experimental Horus v3 Binary Telemetry on 434.210 MHz
Wenet v2 Imagery on 443.5 MHz.
Meshtastic Payload on the Adelaide standard frequency of 918.875 MHz, ShortFast mode, Slot 16. Information on the Adelaide Meshtastic network is available here.
On this flight we encourage new listeners to try out our new web-browser-based decoding software for Horus Binary and Wenet – find out more about this further below!
The primary tracking telemetry will be transmitted on 434.200 MHz using the Horus Binary 4FSK data mode. Amateurs in the Adelaide and Central SA region are also encouraged to get involved with the flight through receiving and uploading flight telemetry from our 70cm band tracking beacons. Every piece of telemetry data is valuable to the flight tracking and recovery teams so if you can help join the distributed receiver network to collect that data you will be making an important contribution to the project!
Note that you will need to use a USB ‘dial’ frequency of 434.199 MHz for the 4FSK signal to be centred in your receiver passband and hence be decodable.
Horus Binary telemetry can now also be received using your web browser, using either a SSB receiver or even a RTLSDR!
Click this link to start up a browser-based receiver:
This launch will include our first time flying our new Horus Binary v3 mode! This is an upgrade to the Horus Binary telemetry system giving users more flexibility and allowing easier addition of custom fields.
This will be transmitting on 434.210 MHz. The modulation is the same as Horus v2 (100 baud 4FSK), so it’ll sound the same, but unless you’re running our beta decoding software it will not decode correctly!
There are a few options if you want to try receiving the Horus v3 telemetry on this flight, they are:
You can find out more information about Horus v3, and how to get the beta-version software by clicking here!
Wenet Imagery – 443.500 MHz – USING NEW v2 MODE!
Imagery on this flight will be transmitted via the Wenet downlink system, which uses 96 kbit/s Frequency-Shift-Keying to send HD snapshots. Reception of the Wenet imagery requires a RTLSDR, and a 70cm antenna with some gain (a 5-element Yagi is usually enough).
We’ll once again be trying out the PiCam 3 camera (which we have had focus issues with on previous flights), this time with some new software changes, and a new shroud around the camera to reduce the effect of wind on the autofocus mechanism.
We will be using the new ‘Wenet v2’ mode, as used successfully on recent Horus launches. There is information on updating existing Wenet receive setups available here.
Wenet can now be received on almost any modern computer, and even some newer android devices, using the new WebWenet software! This operates entirely within a web browser. Information on how to get setup to use this is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euo4BGB6wUU
Click this link to start up a browser-based receiver:
We encourage new listeners to try out the WebWenet software for decoding signals on this flight – however you can also still receive the signal using the Linux-based decoder, with details on this available here:
Through 2025 AREG and Project Horus have been participating in the LaunchBox program, a reimagining of a STEM program that AREG was a part of back in the 2010s, where we flew student-built payloads on high altitude balloon launches. Fleet Space has re-started the program and expanded it Australia-wide, with hundreds of year 7-8 students participating in the 2025 program!
As part of the program Project Horus has now performed 2x high altitude balloon launches, one as part of the ‘Summit to the Stratosphere’ event on November the 2nd, and another on the 14th of December.
Horus 67 – 2nd November 2025 – “Summit to the Stratosphere” Event
As the planned culmination of the 2025 LaunchBox program, Fleet Space held an all-day STEM event at the Mt Barker Summit Sport & Recreation Park. This was mainly targeted at the students participating in the program, but was also open to the public. During the program the student teams were competing for one of two payload slots on a high-altitude balloon launch to be performed on the day. There were a range of displays, including the CSIRO ‘Mission Control’ truck (who let us show the SondeHub Tracker and imagery on their huge video wall), robotics displays, and a lot more! Over 700 people (students and public) attended the event over the course of the day.
AREG ran a ground station and display stand at the event, which was a great opportunity to promote amateur radio to the public. Thanks to everyone that helped out on the stand throughout the day, and in particular Peter VK5KX for bringing all of his receiver equipment!
The weather was pretty bleak all morning, with high winds and showers causing the launch team to have to quickly bring the payloads undercover a few times during launch preparations. Gusty winds around the launch site’s grandstand were monitored using ‘sounding’ party balloons, which showed strong wind shear not far above the ground – the balloons flew sideways! This resulted in the decision to not launch the student payloads, instead launching the tracking and camera payloads, along with a lightweight Robinson Aerospace RASCube-LB PCB stack, essentially the same payloads that were flown on Horus 66. The camera payload had the LaunchBox mascot, ‘Scout’, sitting in front of the camera – unfortunately Scout wasn’t secured that well and broke off at launch.
Many hands made easy work of the balloon fill, even as it started to rain again, and a lull in the wind was taken advantage of to get everything in the air. Unfortunately we were all a bit busy at the time and don’t have any video footage or imagery of the launch! The payloads quickly ascended into a thick cloud layer, and the chase teams headed off to the south-east to get in place for recovery.
Imagery was receiver right through the flight thanks to multiple ground stations being deployed. The ground-station at the launch site was unfortunately affected by RF interference from the CSIRO video wall – thankfully Autumn VK5CLD’s receiver was able to get most of the missing packets! The thick cloud layer did make for a lot of grey images on ascent, leading us to wonder if the camera was still functional, but eventually the flight made its way out the top and gave us the nice black-sky images we were hoping for.
At just over 18.2km altitude the balloon burst, much lower than we had expected. The payloads tangled up after burst, resulting in a higher than expected descent rate, and even some damage to one of the payloads boxes.
Michaela VK3FUR and Geordie VK3CLR were able to recover the payloads shortly after landing, discovering that almost 2/3 of the balloon was tangled up with the parachute, explaining the high descent rates.
Horus 67 (LaunchBox) Flight Statistics
Launch Date:
2025-11-01T23:32:21Z
Landing Date:
2025-11-02T00:50:57Z
Launch Site:
-35.07782, 138.89282
Landing Site:
-35.61543, 139.75464
Distance Travelled:
98 km
Maximum Altitude:
18202 m
Horus 67 Flight Path
Preparing for and performing this launch was a huge effort, made much easier by the many volunteers that helped out on the day. In particular I’d like to call out Michaela VK3FUR, Geordie VK3CLR, and Harper VK1TTY, who travelled all the way from Victoria to help out with the event!
Telemetry Reception Stats
The primary tracking payload (HORUS-V2) was received by the following callsigns:
A dashboard showing Wenet reception statistics is available here.
Horus 68 – 14th December 2025 – Student Payload Launch
Horus 68 was the follow-up to November’s launch, with the aim of finally launching the two winning LaunchBox payloads. This was a much quieter launch compared to the last, with a small team performing the launch from the Mt Barker High School oval, with the student teams watching the SondeHub tracker and live imagery online.
Graeme VK5RE captured the launch well:
With the payloads on their way, the launch team quickly packed up and departed for the predicted landing area near Nildottie. Peter VK5KX and Matt VK5ZM were setup on a lookout overlooking Palmer, running the primary ground station for this flight. Peter also had a 915 MHz Yagi on his tracking mount, with Ed from Robinson Aerospace receiving telemetry from the RASCube-LB payloads.
Despite some signal fading due to the payloads swinging around, we had excellent imagery reception throughout the flight:
Balloon burst occurred as expected, just above 31km altitude, and the payloads descended to a landing a few km to the east of Nildottie. After obtaining access permission from the landowner, the chase teams were able to drive in and recover the payloads which were all in good condition.
The primary tracking payload (HORUS-V2) was received by the following stations: BARC-RRR,VK3BKQ,VK3IDK,VK5AI,VK5AKK,VK5AKK-1,VK5ALG,VK5ALG-9,VK5ARG,VK5BL,VK5CV,VK5FD,VK5GY,VK5HW,VK5KX-9,VK5KX-i5,VK5LN,VK5NE,VK5NEX,VK5OCD,VK5QI-9,VK5RM,VK5SJ,VK5ST-4,VK5WE,VK5ZAP,VK5ZM,VK5ZMD,VK5ZRL,VK5RK,VK5IS,VK5ZMD
The backup tracking payload (VK5ARG) was received by: BARC-RRR,VK5ALG,VK5ALG-9,VK5ARG,VK5KX-9,VK5QI-9,VK5ST-4,VK5ZM,VK5ZRL/2
The furthest receiver was VK3BKQ, located near Melbourne at ~602 km range!
The Wenet imagery payload was received by:
VK5ZM: 44491 packets (10.86 MB)
VK5KX-9: 249921 packets (61.02 MB)
VK5QI-9: 194109 packets (47.39 MB)
VK5ALG-9: 41995 packets (10.25 MB)
VK5IS: 506 packets (0.12 MB)
Dashboards showing detailed telemetry for each payload are available at the following links:
Thanks to Fleet Space for running the LaunchBox program – we’re proud to be involved in this once again and to be able to share the fun of high altitude balloon launches and amateur radio with a wider audience! The LaunchBox program will be back next year, and you can expect at least 2 balloon launches as part of this.
We next expect to launch sometime in Early/Mid January 2026, making use of some leftover helium. This will likely comprise of 1 or 2 flights with Horus Binary tracking payloads onboard, and possibly a Meshtastic payload from the SA Meshtastic Users Group.
In 2026 we’re hoping to get back to launching some of our larger payloads, including the cross-band repeater and possibly even our DVB-S video payload – stay tuned!
The next Project Horus launch will be on Sunday the 14th of December, as part of Fleet Space’s LaunchBox STEM program.
LaunchBox is a reimagining of a STEM program that AREG was a part of back in the 2010s, where we flew student-built payloads on high altitude balloon launches. Fleet Space has re-started the program and expanded it Australia-wide, with hundreds of year 7-8 students involved. The ‘Summit to the Stratosphere’ event held on the 2nd of November had over 700 attendees, but due to weather issues we were not able to launch the student developed payloads, hence this second launch!
Apologies – the writeup for the November 2nd Launch is still in progress…
Above the clouds on the November 2025 LaunchBox flight!
This launch is currently planned to be performed from the Mt Barker High School Oval, which is accessible from Stephenson Street, Mt Barker.
Mt Barker Launch Site
The launch time is expected to be our usual 10AM, with launch crews arriving on-site around 9-9:30 AM.
Details of the frequencies in use on this flight are:
Primary Horus Binary telemetry on 434.200 MHz
Backup Horus Binary telemetry on 434.210 MHz
Wenet v2 Imagery on 443.5 MHz.
On this flight we encourage new listeners to try out our new web-browser-based decoding software for Horus Binary and Wenet – find out more about this further below!
The primary tracking telemetry will be transmitted on 434.200 MHz using the Horus Binary 4FSK data mode. Amateurs in the Adelaide and Central SA region are also encouraged to get involved with the flight through receiving and uploading flight telemetry from our 70cm band tracking beacons. Every piece of telemetry data is valuable to the flight tracking and recovery teams so if you can help join the distributed receiver network to collect that data you will be making an important contribution to the project!
Note that you will need to use a USB ‘dial’ frequency of 434.199 MHz for the 4FSK signal to be centred in your receiver passband and hence be decodable.
Horus Binary telemetry can now also be received using your web browser, using either a SSB receiver or even a RTLSDR!
Click this link to start up a browser-based receiver:
A backup tracking payload may be transmitting on 434.210 MHz using the Horus Binary 4FSK data mode, and can be received in the same way as the primary tracking payload, with information above. For this payload you will need to use a USB ‘dial’ frequency of 434.209 MHz. Note that this payload may not fly if we need to cut weight!
Click this link to start up a browser-based receiver:
Imagery on this flight will be transmitted via the Wenet downlink system, which uses 96 kbit/s Frequency-Shift-Keying to send HD snapshots. Reception of the Wenet imagery requires a RTLSDR, and a 70cm antenna with some gain (a 5-element Yagi is usually enough).
We will be using the new ‘Wenet v2’ mode, as used successfully on Horus 64B and Horus 66. There is information on updating existing Wenet receive setups available here.
Wenet can now be received on almost any modern computer, and even some newer android devices, using the new WebWenet software! This operates entirely within a web browser. Information on how to get setup to use this is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euo4BGB6wUU
Click this link to start up a browser-based receiver:
We encourage new listeners to try out the WebWenet software for decoding signals on this flight – however you can also still receive the signal using the Linux-based decoder, with details on this available here:
UPDATE: Even with the wild weather, we were able to successfully get a launch in the air! Thanks to everyone that helped out with launch, promoting AREG and recovering the payloads. A writeup will be posted at some point. We expect our next launch to be sometime early-mid December.
The next Project Horus launch will be on Sunday the 2nd of November, as part of Fleet Space’s LaunchBox ‘Summit to the Stratosphere‘ STEM event, which is the culmination of this year’s LaunchBox program.
LaunchBox is a reimagining of a STEM program that AREG was a part of back in the 2010s, where we flew student-built payloads on high altitude balloon launches. Fleet Space has re-started the program and expanded it Australia-wide, with hundreds of year 7-8 students involved. Two lucky teams will have their payloads flown on a high-altitude balloon launch into the stratosphere!
Adelaide as seen from Horus 66
This launch will be held at the Mt Barker Summit Sport & Recreation Park, with a launch time expected to be 10AM, though this is very much subject to change on the day. Please note that the launch site will be closed to the public until after the launch time – see below for how you can get involved with the launch through receiving our tracking and imagery payloads!
A full-scale launch will include our regular tracking payloads, a Wenet imagery payload, and 2 of the student payloads. If the weather on the day is poor, we have the following backup options:
Details of the frequencies in use on this flight are:
Primary Horus Binary telemetry on 434.200 MHz
Backup Horus Binary telemetry on 434.210 MHz
Wenet v2 Imagery on 443.5 MHz.
On this flight we encourage new listeners to try out our new web-browser-based decoding software for Horus Binary and Wenet – find out more about this further below!
The primary tracking telemetry will be transmitted on 434.200 MHz using the Horus Binary 4FSK data mode. Amateurs in the Adelaide and Central SA region are also encouraged to get involved with the flight through receiving and uploading flight telemetry from our 70cm band tracking beacons. Every piece of telemetry data is valuable to the flight tracking and recovery teams so if you can help join the distributed receiver network to collect that data you will be making an important contribution to the project!
Note that you will need to use a USB ‘dial’ frequency of 434.199 MHz for the 4FSK signal to be centred in your receiver passband and hence be decodable.
Horus Binary telemetry can now also be received using your web browser, using either a SSB receiver or even a RTLSDR!
Click this link to start up a browser-based receiver:
A backup tracking payload will be transmitting on 434.210 MHz using the Horus Binary 4FSK data mode, and can be received in the same way as the primary tracking payload, with information above. For this payload you will need to use a USB ‘dial’ frequency of 434.209 MHz.
Click this link to start up a browser-based receiver:
Imagery on this flight will be transmitted via the Wenet downlink system, which uses 96 kbit/s Frequency-Shift-Keying to send HD snapshots. Reception of the Wenet imagery requires a RTLSDR, and a 70cm antenna with some gain (a 5-element Yagi is usually enough).
We will be using the new ‘Wenet v2’ mode, as used successfully on Horus 64B and Horus 66. There is information on updating existing Wenet receive setups available here.
Wenet can now be received on almost any modern computer, and even some newer android devices, using the new WebWenet software! This operates entirely within a web browser. Information on how to get setup to use this is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euo4BGB6wUU
Click this link to start up a browser-based receiver:
We encourage new listeners to try out the WebWenet software for decoding signals on this flight – however you can also still receive the signal using the Linux-based decoder, with details on this available here:
Here you can see the route taken by the VK5QI time finding these three rather low powered fox transmitters spreadout across Adelaide.
