Tag Archives: Tracking
JOTA 2014 – Two Successful HAB Flights
So the plan was for Chris Stubbs to launch on Saturday 18th October and me to launch on Sunday 19th October at Kingston Ridge Scouts Campsite in Essex. Chris was already on site by the time arrived. I was kindly … Continue reading
JOTA 2014 Launch
Time does wizz by! It’s almost the day of my next launch. I was invited to the JOTA event by Mike Lynn G1KOT in order to launch a balloon and demonstrate HAB tracking to the Scouts & Cubs at Kingston … Continue reading
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
Launch Announcement – [POSTPONED]
[UPDATE 21/01/2014] Due to the wind direction predictions, I have postponed this launch. I will still be giving the talk at the North Kent Radio Society, just sans launch. Watch for launch announcements in the coming weeks. All being well, … Continue reading
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
Vayu-1 Re-launch
On November 3rd 2013, I had the pleasure of re-launching VAYU-1 from a local location, Shenstone Park. I chose this location because it is in very easy reach of my home but mostly because it is relatively high against the … Continue reading
VAYU-1 1st Flight
On Sunday 20th October, I set off to Youlbury with my friends Graham, Theresa and young Sebastian to launch VAYU-1 for the Scout JOTA day. In the preceeding week, I’d checked the weather forecast and it consistently said that it … Continue reading
Payload Ready
Conditions still look pretty bleak for a dry launch from Youlbury tomorrow. I’ll make the final decision at around 16:00-17:00 today. Despite that, I have made the payload ready to go. I went through several ideas as I built it … Continue reading
A Crash Course in Tracking HABs
To simply see where balloons are and to track their course, go to the website: SpaceNear This site shows positions of balloons live with various telemetry. At the top left hand side is an info panel with current notes on … Continue reading