Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

High altitude balloon tracking is an aspect of our hobby I have never tried, although I know some are really into this. As they say, you ca...

The Bristol balloon is now over North Africa, having been all around the globe. See http://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=0&qm...

Southgate News reports that this balloon has crossed the Pacific Ocean. See http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2016/march/uk_student_balloo...

See http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2016/march/ubseds14_flying_across_pacific.htm . Quite a few radio amateurs are "into" ball...

This is a branch of amateur radio with a very dedicated following. Amateurs launch small balloons with lightweight payloads which are tracke...

From the Southgate News page: Ed M0TEK and James M6JCX bring news of an amateur radio Slow Scan TV transmission on 434.075MHz USB that&#...