Does “Pix or it didn’t happen” apply to traveling to the edge of space on a balloon-lofted solar observatory? Yes,...
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The 20th century saw humankind’s first careful steps outside of the biosphere in which our species has evolved. Whereas before...
Release Date: November 16, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's...
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It’s pretty easy to take a balloon, fill it up with helium, and send it up in to the upper...
Release Date: June 22, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's...
This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please...
They say that if you love something, you should set it free. That doesn’t mean that you should spend any...
In general, scientists don’t put much credence in cosmic coincidences. But a total solar eclipse—a phenomenon made possible by the...
If you’ve ever thought about launching a high-altitude balloon, there’s much to consider. One of the things is how do...
Release Date: July 22, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's...
In this edition: * AMSAT Board of Directors Voting Has Begun * Youth on the Air Camp 2023 To Be...
Release Date: July 15, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's...
The team from hi-impact, based on the Wirral, is planning another high-altitude balloon launch. This time, working alongside staff and...
Starlink has been making tremendous progress towards providing world-wide access to broadband Internet access, but there are a number of...
Release Date: June 17, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's...
At any vaguely-related conferences, groups of hackers sometimes come together to create an impact, and sometimes that impact is swinging...
Heather’s presentation In this talk she will cover an introduction to flying HABs (High Altitude Balloons), the radio systems involved,...
When a US object was shot down the same day an amateur balloon went missing, hobbyists here took note. But...
Release Date: February 25, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's...
In this edition: * IARU Holds First 2023 Meeting * AMSAT IT Tackles TLE Problem * VK5QI Wins FS3 Award...
Release Date: November 26, 2022 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's...
Martin Rothfield] and other amateur radio operators from San Francisco High Altitude Ballooning (SF-HAB) treated conference attendees to the 2022 Hackaday Supercon to the...
The advent of cheap software-defined radio hardware means that what would have once been an exotic expensive undertaking can now...
For the first time, a network of high-altitude balloons has detected a strong earthquake using infrasound sensors in the stratosphere....