Tag Archives: Ballooning

UKHAS Conference 2014

On August 16th 2014, the UKHAS (UK High Altitude Society) conference will be held at The University of Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College. The full address is: Old Royal Naval College, Park Row, Greenwich, London SE10 9LS Last year’s conference … Continue reading

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HNY 2014

It’s been a fantastic year for me. I’ve ‘discovered’ a great new facet to my hobby of Amateur Radio in High Altitude Ballooning. I’ve had lots of fun and made many new friends. One of the many highlights was my … Continue reading

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Comments Active

Just a quick update post: I’ve re-enabled comments, this time with a CAPTCHA device. Comments may be left at will now and I will see how it goes. Mitch from Hackvana has kindly notified me that the VAYU-NTX v1.04 PCBs … Continue reading

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Launch Announcement

I’ve been invited to launch a balloon at Youlbury Scout Activity Centre in Oxford on 20th October. It will be as part of their JOTA/JOTI event. JOTA (Jamboree on-the-air) is a yearly scout event based around radio communication. It appears … Continue reading

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HAB Are you interested?

HAB or High Altitude Ballooning has been an interest of mine for just a couple of months. I first became aware of it when I saw Dave Akerman on a children’s programming programme on the BBC. HAB is the practice … Continue reading

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