Legislation has now been introduced in the “Seeing Objects at Altitude Regularly (SOAR) Act“. What could possibly go wrong?
Author Archives: Martin Rothfield W6MRR
EBARC Presentation 7/10/2023
The Great Chinese Balloon Overflight Jan 28 – Feb 6 2023: What We Do and Don’t Know
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NOAA HYSPLIT In Action
Help combat the fake Chinese spy balloon gap threat – join SF-HAB!
HabHub is shutting down but SondeHub will replace it
HabHub has been provided by Anthony Strik since 2011 – thanks Anthony! The HabHub Tracker, Predictor and Curst Calculator are now located on SondeHub. Thanks to Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) for supporting SondeHub! https://github.com/projecthorus/sondehub-amateur-tracker/wiki/Guide-for-HabHub-Users
Falling from the Sky: Chasing WX Balloon Transmitters
Beau, K6EAURikke, KN6KZFSteve, K6WW Bio: Beau, Rikke, and Steve will share their experiences and antics of chasing WX balloons. There are thousands of balloons launched twice a day, at the same time, from sites all over the world, carrying radiosondes to capture and transmit weather data to ground stations. During their roughly two-hour flight, theirContinue reading “Falling from the Sky: Chasing WX Balloon Transmitters”
Our First Latex Floater
Most latex balloons are used to rapidly ascend to burst altitude and land gracefully with a parachute (aka burster, pop & drop, etc.) We tried something different. Last Sunday we tried a latex balloon for a high altitude float: K6RGG-14. It was a 100g Hwoyee with 5 g of net lift. The payload was 20Continue reading “Our First Latex Floater”
Supercon Launch Videos
It didn’t happen if there aren’t pix, so: The W3HAC balloon flatted out overnight but is still beaconing from somewhere in DM36, which is a large area to search. W6MRR-26 was last reported over Algeria at ~42 K feet.
Supercon Lauch Update 11/6/22
For some reason W6MRR-26 woke up today, but not yesterday. See the AMSAT Argentina site or APRS. So the trasnmitter is wonky but the altitude is looking good – 43K’. W3HAC also woke up today as it did yesterday but appears to by sitting on the ground in DM36II land. Stay tuned!
SF-HAB Launch @ HackaDay Superconference
We will meet prior to HackaDay’s Supercon on Sunday, November 6 at 9 am in front of the the Los Angeles College of Music, 14 East Del Mar Blvd, Pasadena 91105 If all goes well you can track it on 20 m WSPR, WSPRnet.org or some of the alternate sites listed on WSPRnet as W6MRR &Continue reading “SF-HAB Launch @ HackaDay Superconference”