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GPSL will be in Pella, IA,, June 13, 14 and 15. Genelle is planning to recreate our Wednesday evening picnic at our house for those that come in on Wednesday afternoon. We are busy planning an interes

Hi Sorry for the short notice but things have been a bit hectic. On Sunday morning, September 30 I launched my first floater, VA5BNC-15 from Saskatoon, (52.1N, 106.6W). It survived the first night and

https://www.space.com/41791-giant-nasa-balloon-big-60-breaks-record.html

Heya, I've been using GPS for altitude on my balloons, but I'm working with a student who's interested in trying a barometric pressure sensor attached to an arduino with my next HAB flight. I've got a

Hi I'm planning on launching a floater balloon from Saskatoon in the near future and it just occured to me that i know just enough to be damgerous. My payload is complete and weighs in at about 40 gra

I posted a short 360 video I recorded of the balloon launches at the Nebraska Star Party. I shared a balloon with NSTAR and the second balloon was launched by the Nebraska Space Grant. The video is lo

https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=11&call=a%2FWB4APR-11&timerange=3600&tail=3600 Sent from phone, sorry for typos and brevity

I didn't ask for them at the conference, but please email me your GPSL presentation and Mark Conner can post them online for us. Thanks

https://youtu.be/_RoQxu1CBh8 73 de Mark N9XTN

NSTAR 18-B (paired with NearSys) and Nebraska Space Grant launched this morning at the Nebraska Star Party south of Valentine NE. At about 14,000 ft, NSTAR suddenly began descending and landed only a

Two balloons had a joust yesterday and one lost at 14,000 feet. This is the first mid-air collusion between near spacecraft. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Michael Sibbernsen <msibbernse

I am watching the weather and thinking about a launch this weekend. I attempted to get to the subject flight tracker and it did not seem to be available? Larry KJ6PBS

This is a copy of a message posted recently to the APRSSIG e-mail list. Google has implemented a new pricing structure for Google Maps that are negatively affecting services like aprs.fi. The current

I remember there might be an Issue with tracking systems not being able to use Google Maps in the Future. Well at least for free. I just ran into a possible alternative. I use a site that used to use

Drill anyone? https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/25/17606966/mars-liquid-water-reservoir-underground-habitable-life-radar

The attached picture shows a better view of the balloon. Remember, Venus is to the left and the balloon is to the right.

Last night after sunset I did some stargazing. Lo and behold about 10 degrees to the right of Venus was another and equally bright star. At first I assumed it was a an airplane, but noticed that after

We have commitments for GPSL until 2023. Amazing how this is conference is still goong strong after 17 years. Here's the breakdown. 2019: PENS in Pella, IA 2020: NSTAR in Omaha, NE 2021: Bill Brown in

Paul KD4STH and I are looking at doing a launch from the Nebraska Star Party on August 7 from south of Valentine, NE. The region is fairly devoid of roads, and much more populated with cattle and roug