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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.

Kazu has released the PCB design suitable for production with JLCPCB (or your favorite PCB source). The famous FOSS LightAPRS-W-2.0 code has been ported to the AG6NS tracker. The goal for the tracker is to support STEM/STEAM education and provide a fun way to introduce amateur radio to another generation. The tracker is an ongoingContinue reading “Kazu’s AG6NS RP2040 Tracker Board and Software Released”

A group of balloonists are working on sending video down for the eclipse. They have designed and built an amazing stabilized camera platform. Follow their progress here.

SBS-13 Balloon in air for 767+ days