High-Altitude Ham Radio Ballooning Projects and Antennas
Find resources for launching high-altitude balloons, tracking payloads, and using balloon-supported antennas for amateur radio operations.
Ham radio operators often launch high-altitude balloons to carry amateur radio payloads into the stratosphere. These balloon flights are a popular way to experiment with radio propagation, track telemetry, and test equipment at extreme altitudes. Many hams use these projects for scientific exploration, educational outreach, and to achieve impressive DX contacts from the edge of space, often combining amateur radio with scientific data collection.
This category provides resources for planning and executing balloon launches, including details on payload design, antenna projects, and tracking systems. Operators can find information on using APRS for real-time tracking, as well as guides for receiving data from radiosondes. There are also resources from groups like AMSAT and Arizona Near Space Research, which share launch announcements and technical insights for successful high-altitude amateur radio activity.
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The flight of the Lockheed Martin ARC Amateur Radio Balloon Repeater -
Balloon Projects, scheduled launches at amsat -
Site dedicated to amateur radio ballooning -
Ham Radio Balloon launch news -
Arizona near space research - promoting science and education by exploring frontiers in amateur radio and high altitude balloons. -
Launching a balloon or kite supported tall vertical or protracted inverted L. -
website of the Balloon Fox Hunting on 80 and 2 meters. Before well known as the Dutch Balloon Fox Hunting or the Hobbyscoop-hunt -
A group of Treasure Valley Hams have formed a group that is interested in experimenting with ballooning and using Amateur Radio and APRS to further our knowledge in communications. -
Balloon Experiments with Amateur Radio -
What little I know about ham ballooning by Dave Mullenix, N9LTD -
Balloon Committee Activities and Operations -
Frequencies and location of every meteo radiosonde launching centres in Europe. Equipments, antennas, history, SondeMonitor and BalloonTrack tutorials -
A complete site for anyone wanting to use kites or balloons for supporting Top Band antenna systems. -
member of the South Texas Balloon Launch Team -
Based in Huntsville AL -
High Altitude Ballooning makes for a challenging project that sometimes turns into an engrossing hobby. Whilst it is not rocket science it does encompass a wide range of fields (sometimes literally) and there is a lot to learn before you send your first flight up into the sky. -
NearSys (Near Space Systems) is a multifaceted organization, with interests in near space exploration, microcontrollers, robotics, space, and astronomy. Includes a section dedicsated to Amateur Radio High Altitude Ballooning
