Via the ARRL: Balloon Launched by Popular Web Show Host Completes Second Round Trip

A balloon launched on May 20 by “Amateur Radio Roundtable” web show host Tom Medlin, W5KUB, and team has begun its third circumnavigation of Earth. The balloon, at 43,000 – 45,000 feet, completed its second trip around the globe on June 19. It crossed the Atlantic ocean “in record time” at a speed of about 170 MPH, the balloon website reported this week.

The balloon, identified as W5KUB-18, carries APRS and WSPR amateur radio payloads. As of the afternoon of June 23, it was heading over Uzbekistan at over 100 MPH.

Read more – via American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources http://www.arrl.org/news/view/balloon-launched-by-popular-web-show-host-completes-second-round-trip