----- Forwarded Message ----- From: BASE To: "GPSL@..." ; 'L. Paul Verhage' nearsys@... [GPSL] ; Michael Willett Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017, 2:02:02 PM EST Subject: Re: [GPSL] Detecting Muons

Hello all, Here is an article I ran across today, I am thinking this would be a great project for HS kids here in Granbury to fly in our April balloon flight. Might be a nice project for GPSL 2018 as

The First BalloonSats Without Borders flight took place in Australia yesterday. Here's a short reply about the flight. I'm now in search of another place to launch. Is anyone from the other side of th

So aside from APRS, WISPR, Hellscriber, ATV, and SSTV, what other transmission types are used in balloons? And by the way, what did the Romans ever give us? I assume some ballons have carried did hunt

Does anyone fly amateur television anymore? What about digital? It seems to me that digital requires a PC and that's not practical on a balloon flight. Thanks

What are ya using for a tranny? Joe Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com

Here's a link to Elin Musk's plan to send a Tesla Roadster to Mars (or at least to a Mars passing orbit). https://www.geekwire.com/2017/questions-surround-elon-musks-plan-launch-tesla-roadster-mars-fa

I've exchanged BalloonSats with Willunga high school in South Australia. Soon I hope, we'll launch each other's BalloonSats and then return them. I'd like to line up more BalloonSat exchanges between

Begin forwarded message: From: "Eick, Monique" <eickm@...> Subject: Tallahassee Elementary School Launching High Altitude Balloons Date: November 13, 2017 at 9:29:02 PM CST To: "wa0tjt@..." <wa0tjt@..

Bill Brown and I are 2017 recipients of the Yasme Excellence Awards for our promotion of amatuer radio high altitude ballooning. See, http://www.yasme.org/yasme-excellence-awards/ The Yasme Foundation

AHAC 2017 was held last week. Here's a link to the poster that Dr. Flaten's team at the University of Minnesota and I put together. http://via.library.depaul.edu/ahac/2017/poster1/8/

Last weekend I flew my drone at the Oregon Coast (Yachats, OR) and took the opportunity to record video looking down over the waves. Normally, I don't get an impression of how far out the waves begin,

AHAC has posted the poster that U Mn and I produced from data collected during the eclipse. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Administrators of 2017 Academic High Altitude Conference" <ed

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/10/23/giant-balloons-are-delivering-cell-service-to-puerto-rico/23252603/?a_dgi=aolshare_twitter -- Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com ht

I recorded the launch of my last balloon from a drone. The quad couldn't keep up, but it still managed over 20 seconds of recording. Below is the link. Since this is a QuickTime movie, I had no way to

It looks like -6 (Sciboz/Tieche) elected to land in a relatively accessible area north of Labrador City. -1 (Fricke/Cuneo) also just landed in northern Vermont. -4 is in southern Quebec, but would hav

Shows a plain, old fashioned wicker basket just as the FAQ said. I'm thinking it's still flying but out of VHF radio range starting Sunday in the Quebec boonies and continuing today. They use hydrogen

[ entire article at Albuquerque Journal website at this link ] https://www.abqjournal.com/1075722/americas-challenge-balloons-eclipse-last-years-distances.html America’s Challenge balloons eclipse las

This could get very interesting. The two northern balloons are headed into very rugged territory in Quebec and Labrador. If they maintain altitude, they'll be on the Labrador coast tomorrow morning. I

https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=6&call=a%2FK5GAS-3%2Ca%2FK5GAS-1%2Ca%2FK5GAS-2%2Ca%2FK5GAS-8%2Ca%2FK5GAS-4%2Ca%2FK5GAS-6%2Ca%2FK5GAS-5%2Ca%2FK5GAS-7&timerange=21600&tail=21600 Lead balloon east of Minn