Welcome to the High Altitude Balloon resource in the San Francisco Bay Area
About Us
Who we are
A community of interest for amateur radio and ballooning in all forms. We fly balloons when weather permits, please join us!
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Stay Connected
Join the SF-HAB discussion group,
we announce our flights here
https://groups.io/g/sf-hab
We also chat about ballooning on the
San Francisco Radio Club’s Slack
#high-altitude-balloon, join Slack use this
Analysis and information our balloon flights, radiosondes and more
Bryan’s Blog
or info@sf-hab.org
Recent Posts
- Launch on May 14th at 9am
We’re launching a pico balloon this Saturday morning, May 14th at 9:00 AM pacific time. The callsign on WSPR will be K6RGG-14. If you’re in the area and would like to see the launch, please join us at the Berkeley Marina on the north side on Marina Blvd. See the map link below for theContinue reading “Launch on May 14th at 9am” - Choosing the time and placeFor a launch The time and place to launch your picoballoon is important. Things to consider are location, surface wind, cloud cover, the path the balloon will follow during ascent and the path it will follow one at float altitude. Consider the things that can go wrong. The balloon can drag across the ground, snagContinue reading “Choosing the time and place”
- Kazu AG6NS is Developing 2 m APRS
- The mighty flight of K6RGG-13We tried a new style balloon – a 32′ spherical balloon composed of two plastics. Robert K6RGG and I attempted to launch, but the prepared balloon got away. I had a micro-swivel between the balloon and the upper dipole. The top of the string came back with a knot so the cheap Chinese swivel must have failedContinue reading “The mighty flight of K6RGG-13”
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