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High Altitude Super Pressure Telecom Balloons Over Hawai’i
Stratospheric balloon flying over Big Island part of Project Aether
Chinese Balloon Update
Congress in Pursuit
Legislation has now been introduced in the “Seeing Objects at Altitude Regularly (SOAR) Act“. What could possibly go wrong?
EBARC Presentation 7/10/2023
The Great Chinese Balloon Overflight Jan 28 – Feb 6 2023: What We Do and Don’t Know
New From AliExpress
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”