wow sooo tiny! I remember the old giant Styrofoam cooler like ones with the battery pack you put in water to activate! Joe

From another group posted.. From C2C listener Candini: "I awoke in the morning and found a small box and a string across our trees leading to a small parachute and a deflated balloon in our backyard.

True, But in this experiment it wasn't even 30 minutes. maybe 10 to 15 when it started to happen. Joe WB9SBD

isn't that interesting!? So I wonder why it was coming through the envelope? I found similar data that it's compatible. Too bad I don't have any more left I'd put a bunch in a container in liquid form

I honestly do not know.. I don't remember ever seeing anything, but that doesn't mean that it is not allowed. Joe WB9SBD

I think Bill may have been working for Wayne at that time also! Joe WB9SBD

Yup on our first Video flight we did, 30+ years ago, Bill sent us one of his I think he called it a "Fireball" transmitter 28.322 AM Every minute it said in Bills Voice, "This is the WB9SBD Balloon ov

We are all familiar with the 28.322 and the 14.318 ones I just found a 12 meter freq one. https://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G21267A&utm_source=Goldmine&utm_campaign=d7b16429cc

No I didn't want to waste that yet. this was a simple small tracker of Bills. WB8ELK Whats version 4 like? Joe

I remember those. Joe

No regulator. The pressure of NH3 is not that great, at the time of start of filing the pressure was maybe 60 psi. But when the tank cooled down it got even lower. when it went below freezing hence th

I was thinking the same thing. Weren't the Totex in the 80's had the Chloro ones as an option? If i remember they pushed them as their cold temp balloons. Or was that Kaysam? Joe WB9SBD

About an hour ago I replied to both Totex as Hyowee (sp?) Summarizing what we tried, and made a direct question about the compatibility of their balloon material and NH3. Will be interesting to see th

Very Interesting Dennis, Our Balloon group is one of the oldest ones out there. Bill WB8ELK is of course the oldest. Then the next is either The Denver Group EOSS or us here in Wisconsin. Near Space S

Kaymont Balloons. (TOTEX) Say the TX-1500, Does anyone have a exact as possible of what these balloons are made of? My experiment last night had very surprising result, and I need to learn what these

It's been a LONG time. I da oldem days we always thought that the difference in "Lift" at day vs night was about 10%. In other words at sundown you loose about 10% of your lift. and at the other end a

WOW!

I tried that one, it seems to work, almost seems too simple! I guess from the launch location, it is smart enough to know what sonde data to grab? I remember the old days where I had to go and get tha

What now days is the best flight prediction page calculator now days? joe WB9SBD

This has been soooo long, I forgot what the two circles mean on the APRS.FI Page? Joe WB9SBD