John’s balloon that we launched last Wednesday continues to travel well across the world. I’m not sure if the altitude is correct, as that seems a LOT lower than the 44k it’s been traveling at for man

Just an update, that this balloon launched 2 weeks ago from the GHH is just making its second pass over China right now. https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=4&call=a%2FN5EKO-109&timerange=604800&tail=60480

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Hi all, This is a reminder that this month's FreeDV Activity Day is this coming weekend. (As a reminder, Activity Day takes place on the third weekend of every month.) This event will bring together p

This is the balloon that John and I launched yesterday. Great job John, it’s flying very well. Walter/K5WH

South Texas Balloon Launch Team, LAUNCH NOTICE! Wednesday 3/15/23 between 9:30 and 10am Balloon details below. Payload: AB5SS Pico NEW Tracker WSPR: AB5SS on 20m APRS: AB5SS-110 Balloon: Yokohama Fuel

Jerry’s balloon is still working well around the planet. Walter/K5WH

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Here’s the video of the presentation we gave at the Greater Houston Hamfest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZLdVHIsHpc Frank put the slide deck into the video, so the images are MUCH better that wha

The word is out and Official now! Press Releases | Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ardc.net) This is really fantastic news for the whole FreeDV project, and we can’t wait to get to work on makin

South Texas Balloon Launch Team Reminder! We will have our March BLT dinner tonight at 4:30pm, at the Lazy Dog restaurant on hwy-290, at FM-1960/Hwy-6. For those in the Houston area of course… Followe

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After what appears to have been some balloon failures due to a very strange and extreme rapid rising at high altitude, and suddenly dropping out, we have at least 1 package that survived and is still

Jerry’s balloon is doing a great job today already.. N5EKO balloon Walter/K5WH

I sent this out to the BVARC reflector yesterday for images and links to the ones in flight. Walter/K5WH Many thanks to everyone for putting together such a great HamFest, and can’t wait for it to com

South Texas Balloon Launch Team launches Here are the trackers to be launched from Rosenberg, for the Greater Houston Hamfest over the weekend of March 3rd and 4th. KG5BBF WSPR KG5BBF-1 APRS QRP-labs

Walter/K5WH From: BLT@groups.io <BLT@groups.io> On Behalf Of John Maca, AB5SS Sent: Monday, February 27, 2023 6:45 PM Subject: [BLT] AB5SS-107 (BLT-107) Missing for 2 days now Well, the balloon was la

Looks like it’s tracking very well over northern Africa today. Walter/K5WH

Thanks to Patrick for passing this on.. NASA Help Wanted: Ham Radio Operators Please Apply | Hackaday Walter/K5WH

Fyi.. It’s looking great on wsprnet. Congrats to the Brenham team. Walter/K5WH From: picoballoon@groups.io <picoballoon@groups.io> On Behalf Of Ray Meech via groups.io Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 20