Amateur Radio Roundtable Pico Balloon Project

Tom, W5KUB gives presentation about his Pico Balloons project. He talks about design constraints, technical challenges, how to track the balloon around the world, and how to teach an astronaut to properly launch balloons. 00:00 Introduction 03:16 CQ Magazine 03:45 What is a PicoBalloon? 04:09 Why PicoBalloons look almost empty? 05:25 Typical configuration of a PicoBalloon 09:02 Types of balloons suitable for long lasting flights 10:58 Trackers for balloons 13:35 Build your own tracker! 15:41 YO3ICT tracker 16:36 Geofencing 17:45 NASA astronaut, Doug Wheelock, launches a balloon 22:56 3.5 times around the world in 72 days 25:16 Predicting the track 26:07 How to make you balloon go around the world 30:41 APRS or WSPR? 31:42 Modified WSPR 33:10 14,000km on just 10mW 33:35 Stuffing more data into a WSPR packet 36:33 Resources for flight track prediction 39:55 Ants on balloons 41:32 Options for balloon design 44:41 QRSS from a balloon 46:44 Tracking the W5KUB balloons 49:52 W5KUB show    • Amateur Radio Roundtable promo 9 17 2020   Vienna Wireless Society is one of the largest and most active Amateur Radio clubs in Northern Virginia. Currently the meetings are conducted via Zoom, and are open for everybody, anywhere. To learn more, please visit Club's web site: http://viennawireless.net/wp/ To receive notifications about meetings, and participate in discussions and activities, please join the Club: https://viennawireless.net/wp/join/ You can also browse the archive of past presentations: https://viennawireless.net/wp/meeting... To receive notifications about new videos and streams, please subscribe to the channel. The video has been published on the channel with permission from the presenter, as a service for Vienna Wireless Society amateur radio club. The presenter holds full responsibility for the content of the presentation. If you believe that it infringes your copyright, please contact [email protected] #PicoBalloon #WSPR #w5kub