Balloons will be bulk-shipped to Hutchinson tomorrow (Friday) morning. LAST CALL!

If you're interested in taking advantage of the specials from Kaymont, please call Ryan TODAY! Ryan Couch Technical Coordinator Kaymont Consolidated Industries, INC 1477 Guava Ave Melbourne, FL

I have the two launch sites confirmed - Primary is KHUT, the Hutchinson Regional Airport. The alternate site is KWEK, Newton Airport which is about 30 miles to the east. Predicts will start on these

Chuck KG5CA Has been trying to help me here But I'm not having any luck. I know everyone has gone Go-Pro on Balloons now. But this Old Canon can still do stuff because

Michael, BASE DePauw can fly your repeater payloads. I do not have my repeater operating at this time and have other tasks on our schedule for the early summer. Please let me know the payload weights

Hi all, On June 17 the Plano, TX amateur radio club (PARK) will be launching a balloon near Dallas with a crossband repeater (440 RX/140 TX). We’d like to try and use a 220 HT as a half-duplex

I'm going to be closing down the GPSL pre-registration early next week so that I can get name badges printed up, and finalize all of the billing etc. If you'd like to pre-register and pre-pay, now is

Very well made indeed and you can select multiple colors for your chute. I use their parachutes on all of my flights and just flew one of their chutes on a nearly 15 pound payload yesterday (FAA

I have a spare Kaymont 3000 gram balloon (unopened). Is anyone interested in trading it for three 1200 gram balloons at GPSL?

I got this from Spherachutes today. If you're in the market for a new chute in the sizes/colors listed, you can't go wrong with these. I have two and they're very well made. 73 de Mark

I have an arrangement with Kaymont to do special pricing again this year. If you are interested, contact me directly as I can't publish these prices. Zack Clobes, W0ZC Project:

In Los Angeles? I was there two weeks ago for the science fair and saw a large amount of air traffic. You really need to find a location away from town. Are you calling in a

Hi Jerry, hi everyone! Thank you again so much for your help. I understand that it seems like a rush, but the project also really has to happen next week. And I think everything aside from the

Chris, I think your best bet is to find someone to help out with the tracking. As Jeff pointed out, the spot tracker is a good option. Many of us use it as a backup. Where are you located? Maybe

A quick off-the-self solution, that does not require a ham radio license and nor use cell services is a satellite-based SPOT Trace device. The TRACE unit costs between $50 and $100 bucks depending on

Most of the APRS trackers are going to be in the couple hundred dollar range. They also require a ham radio license to operate, and you really need to have some sort of receiving equipment on the

I did my first APRS balloon flight with our Boy Scout troop about 2-3 years ago. Prep for electronics and balloon took months....and I still was somewhat "flying blind".

Hi Mark, Thank you very much for you fast response! I launched a weather balloon (more like an 8 ft party "Cloud Buster" balloon) some years ago. So I do have some limited

Hi Chris, Welcome to the list. Are you looking at tracking via cell phone networks, or light-of-sight radio (whether ham radio or otherwise)? I think using cell phone networks from aircraft

I think the first question will be "Are you or a member of the team a licensed amateur radio operator?" The answer may expand or contract your options. Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ -