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)
WSPR was NOT made for Pico Ballooning - But we appciate it's benitfits [See Video].

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 Sciences
6 U4B Balloon Tracker
7 Building pico balloon
8 Did USAF Shoot Down of a Pico Balloon
9 FSTV
10 LightAPRS-W-2
11 Traquito Intro
12 Float Calculator
13 Link Removed
14 Open Source LoRa and LoRaWAN
15 TinyGS
16 Helium  (LoRaWan)
17 TNN (LoraWan)
18 TNN Mapper
19 Helium Explorer
20 Pico Balloons in Antarctica

Hydrogen/Helium Tank Chart

Got qestions? Please email here.

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
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11 Phil W7TSO 06-14-2024 Fell from sky over France
12 Chuck Cole K4TZO/2 Lost
13 Rob Best KC9LGS 05-09-24 Flying
14 Dennis O'Quinn 05-29-2024 Sank in Green Bay Wisconsin4CXX/B
15 Robert Luken W3RDL/D Launched 07-11-24      New Launch 7-24     (Old Luanch May 24)
16 Mr & Mrs. Zayas May 27 2024 5:30 PM EDT Call Sign W4ERZ/A
17 Alan Zimmerman May-24-2024 KM4ND/A See June 24-24 Video of Launch
18 Chuck Cole's friend (Terry) Call Sign N4OLT/A Flying                        [Launch Video Link]
19 Lisa Neuscheler Call Sign KC1YL/A Flying                                             [Launch Video Link]
20 Jim Grebey N4KCT/B 07-10-24 Flying                                                      [Launch Video Link]
21 Rodger Boogren AK4MI/A 07-01-24 Flying                                             [Launch Video Link]
22 Steve Melachrinos W3HF 07-04-24 Flying
23 Randy Stackhouse N4RTL 07-07-24                                                        [Launch Video Link]
24 Charlie Sufana   AJ9N   07-25-24                                                                [Launch Video Link]
25 William Remington KQ4NMB 07-26-24                                                      [Launch Video Link]
26 Steve Melachrinos W3HF 07-04-24 New Flight                                         [Launch Video Link]
27 West Volusia Amateur Radio Society Flight  (https://westvars.org/)       {[Launch Video Link]
28 Brian Wilkins KO4AQF Trquito 12-20-24                                                  [Launch Video Link]
29 Phil Tso W7TSOm 12-31-2024
30 Jeff Stewart  KX4NM
31 Bob Luken W3RDL   07-18-25                                                                      [Launch Video Link]
32 Brian Wilkins KO4AQF/B 07-04-24                                                              [Launch Video Link]
33 Garth Lubey W4GPL
34 Bob Creswick NB4C 07-28-25                                                                   
35 Mike Nowack NA9Q 08-29-2025                           [Launch Video Link]  [Launch Video Link]

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