2026-03-23 03:14 UTC
@ingalls@mstdn.ca Oooh, you'll have REAL balloons, none of the party-balloon-with-random-stuff soldered on it I'm working on! Fun!
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@KO6YQ@pnw.zone 2026-03-23 03:44
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @ingalls@mstdn.ca The first time I heard of those "pico balloons" with HF trackers, they were launched from Australia by Andy Nguyen VK3YT. That was at a time when I volunteered with California Near Space Project CNSP on high altitude and later the first global circumnavigation flights by Ham balloons. We were using VHF, with wide areas of no APRS coverage. Andy's HF trackers revolutionized the hobby with cheap global tracking. I got to meet Andy in Melbourne during my Australia trip last year.