Author Archives: Martin Rothfield W6MRR

Kazu and Martin present “Amateur Radio Ballooning in The Bay Area With SF-HAB” at the ARRL Pacific Division Ham Radio Convention. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_fMJg8vZo3uXH9cOT1Unzsz4RlSpEwQlT6Mk1IBztLA/edit?usp=sharing

We will be attend Tinkerfest at Chabot Space and Science May 17th – 18th.

SF-HAB High Altitude Balloon Launch #4

We will be attend Tinkerfest at Chabot Space and Science May 17th – 18th. Details to follow.

We will have a table at the Steam Discovery Festival at Solano Commuity College May 3, 2025 from 10 an to 4 pm. We will have some fun things to show off.

SF-HAB will have a table at Pacificon (San Ramon) and Maker Faire (Mare Island). Martin, W6MRR will do a forum presentation on amateur radio high altitude ballooning. (Saturday 2:00 – 2:50 pm) We look forward to meeting you!

The air is now safer for all of us – https://taskandpurpose.com/news/norad-balloons-identify/

Please join us at the Benicia STEAM Discovery Festival. More info https://www.steamdiscoveryfestival.com/

We are looking forward to a HAB flight in the near future. We like to include at least a tracker, crossband repeater and SSDV image download. We have developed a 1.3 oz 0.5 W cross-band repeater for that.