Pico Balloons & HAB's

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New PicoBalloon (Call Sign KC9LGS/8) just launched 12-29-23 at 2:40PM EDT

See Video of this New December Balloon Launch

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 Our Pico Balloon Launch August 2023 Click Picture for Video
Detailed Flight & WSPR:  GPS Jamming Maps:
Click Here for details) KC9LGS/C  Back to life after 24 days of no signal.  [DAY] 95 Approx. 7 or 8 times around the EARTH.
Pico Tutorial - W5KUB (by far the best tutor for newbie's to PicoBallons)
 

Students film breathtaking curvature of Earth using high-altitude weather balloon
Pico Balloons High Altitude Balloons BalloonsConference
 Earth's stratosphere using a high altitude weather balloon.

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  Ten Commandments of Pico Ballooning
1 Mounting Solar Panels correctly and carefully.
2 Making Pico Balloon Antenna
3 24-hour pre-stretching of Pico Balloon Pressure Yokohama balloon
4 Pressure test of a pico balloon
5 Filling Pico Balloon with Helium or Hydrogen
6 Sealing a Yokohama Pico Balloon
7 Launching Pico Balloon o  Long Duration LaunchB
8 Have a friend help with most steps above
9 Watch the Clouds Wind Before Launch
10 Join groups.io picoballoon *************************************
  Important recap

Very useful links below

1 Light Tracker LoraWan
2 Pico Balloons - more info
3 See HAB Burst 110,000 Ft.
4  Pico Balloons - W5KUB (by far the best tutor for newbie's to Picos)
5 Link to: Edge of Space Sciencesnce
6 U4B Balloon Tracker
7 Building pico balloon
8 Balloon That Cost the US Military $400,000!
9 FSTV
10 LightAPRS-W-2
11 Traquito Intro
12 Traquito Git Hub
13 K9YO Guide for beginners  (a bit outdated in places)
14 Open Source LoRa and LoRaWAN
15 TinyGS
16 Helium  (LoRaWan)
17 TNN (LoraWan)
18 TNN Mapper
19 Helium Explorer

Hydrogen/Helium Tank Chart

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  Current Pico Flights via our local Amateur Radio Operators
1 KC9LGS/G MARCH 8th 2024 -lost
2 Dan Welch KC9LGR old launch -lost
3 Rob Best KC9LGS/C July 28th 2023 -lost
4  Rob Best KC9LGS/D  (Launched 02-22-2024) -lost
5  Dan Welch KC9LGR 02-12-2024 10:30 AM Launch -lost
6  Joe Dowd KE8DUP/2 Feb 25th 2024 14:22z Launch  -lost
7  Dan Welch KC9LGR/D 03-20-2024 11:15 AM Launch -lost
8 Rob Best KC9LGS/H (Launched 03-21-2024) -lost
9 Dan Welch 03-27-24 -Lost
10a Brain Wilkins 05-03-2024  K4OAFQ/A lost (new flight)
10b  Brian's AA0AAB flight east of Hawain Islands. Dennis near Australia (WSPR.rocks)  -Found
11 Bob Creswick 04-07-2024 (NB4C/A) Lost
12 Phil W7TSO 04-07-2024 -lost
13 Dennis O'Quinn 04-07-2024 Enter Call  AA0AAB into WSPR.rocks under Tx field -Found
14 Rob Best KC9LGS 04-25-24 -lost
15 Chuck Cole K4TZO/2 Lost
16 Robert Luken W3RDL/1 Launched 05-08-24           (Also Video Link Here)

 

 

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