Club Pico Balloon Celebrates a Year in Orbit

https://daily.hamweekly.com/2024/05/club-pico-wspr-balloon-1-year-wb6rer/

2024-05-04 00:00 UTC,

A pico balloon launched by the [Hualapai Amateur Radio Club]

https://wb6rer.net/

will mark 1 year in orbit on May 19th. The balloon contains a 20 meter [WSPR]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSPR_%28amateur_radio_software%29

beacon from [QRP Labs]

https://qrp-labs.com/

. Overcoming a damaged dipole antenna, telemetry from the balloon was recently received by two stations in Australia.

> [The balloon] is now starting another trip across the Pacific Ocean heading due east toward South America, so we probably will not hear from it for a while. The balloon is a hydrogen filled 32" Yokohama brand clear sphere which are purchased from Japan.

Source: [Hualapai Amateur Radio Club]

https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/wb6rer-pico-balloon-in-the-air-1-year-in-may.911206/

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