Ham Nation! Field Day and High Altitude Balloons

Field Day weekend is here! The greatest weekend in Amateur Radio! Tonight we talk about all our Field Day Plans and high altitude balloons! Gordo has fresh short shots, Don has the latest from the Amateur Radio Newsline and we'll get a new instance of Ham, Can It or What Am IT?!
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EOSS Balloons! www.eoss.org/node/5245
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Great Plains SUPER Launch: www.superlaunch.org/
Josh's Field Day With W6TRW: w6trw.com/
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[@lifegettingintheway2710]

Nice to see Gordon is still active. In the 1970s he and I and a number of others worked in marine electronics at a smal company in Newport Beach, CA, and that included a lot of very talented field technicians and competant sales staff. He and I are among the last men standing from that time and place. He was and still is a fun and inteligent person to work with.

[@jstoltenburg]

Gordon is a national treasure!

[@lifegettingintheway2710]

@@jstoltenburg That treasure goes beyond our borders.

[@soctnights]

Recently in CT the Norwich Free Academy Radio/Electronic Club launched a balloon with a GoPro Camera/GPS/APRS and a LEGO astronaut in the video. The balloon was supposed to pop at 33,000 feet and descend about 20-25 miles from the launch site. The balloon didn't pop until 38000 feet and headed out across Long Island Sound. It appeared it was going into the water and would be lost. They're luck held and it landed near the pier area on Block Island where a contractor waiting for the ferry recovered it and returned it to the students. Unfortunately, the GoPro stopped recording when the balloon popped. The YT video is "W1HLO HAB Launch 2024" and "GoPro Footage from 2024 HAB Launch."

[@MaryBrownForFreedom]

Sad news, for those in the VHF weak signal/EME community Al Katz K2UYH passed away in hospice. I worked him via EME a couple times and via aurora... he will be missed

[@radman999]

Damn.. what happened to the legendary Joe Walsh intro track?

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

It was only licensed for use with Bob Heil.

[@jameski5oeb668]

Crosslin Park, in Enid OK, Enid Amateur Radio Org.

[@9A4GEMilan]

At 16:16, I am glad that my balloon (9A4GE-11) is visible on the map.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Very cool!!

[@RichardDePas]

I'm heading 3000' up in the Olympics on the motorcycle for field day. 73 de K9WWW