SF-HAB

Welcome to the High Altitude Balloon resource in the San Francisco Bay Area

About Us

A community of interest for amateur radio and ballooning in all forms. We fly balloons when weather permits, please join us!

Join the SF-HAB announce-only list, used to announce our flights: https://groups.io/g/sf-hab

We also chat about ballooning on the sf-hab-chatter@groups.io list.

Analysis and information our balloon flights, radiosondes and more
Bryan’s Blog

or info@sf-hab.org

K6EAU-11 in the air for second week
by Martin Rothfield W6MRR
May 26, 2023
We had a successful launch of a Yokahma balloon using Kazu’s AG6NS new Raspberry Pi RP2040 based tracker. We launched from the Paragliding Meeting Spot in the Ed R. Levin Santa County Park on Saturday, May 13 at 9 am. The balloon has been floating from 41 k to 43 k feet. This is theContinue reading “K6EAU-11 in the air for second week”
You can hear a sound in near-space
by Martin Rothfield W6MRR
May 11, 2023
Scientists sent balloons into the stratosphere — and found a mystery
First Friday at Chabot Space and Science Center
by Martin Rothfield W6MRR
May 6, 2023
SF-HAB attended the May 5, 2023 edition of First Friday. Many were interested in tracking and collecting National Weather Service radiosondes launched twice daily from Oakland Airport. Some related links: Become a licensed amateur radio operator: ARRL Become a amateur radio citizen scientist: HamSCI Join SF-HAB June 17 for the Great Plains Super Launch TrackContinue reading “First Friday at Chabot Space and Science Center”
The history of balloon busting
by Martin Rothfield W6MRR
May 4, 2023
The recent shoot down of the large Chinese spy balloon is nothing new. There is a proud history of Balloon Busters. The F-22 that shot down the Chinese spy balloon had a radio callsign of “Frank01” in honor of Frank Luke WWI Medal of Honor winner.