Tag: APRS

Long Distance Balloon Tracking

Long Distance Balloon Tracking

After I did the 100,00ft balloon photography, I wanted to make further use of the APRS radio transmission tracking technology.   I became interested in “Pico” balloons, which I’d seen references to, which consist of: A small battery-powered “tracker” flight computer A small balloon Time […]

Photography from 100,000ft

Photography from 100,000ft

I set out to take photographs at an altitude where I could see the curvature of the Earth.   The premise: Float a balloon to an altitude where you can see Earth curvature Have a camera rig suspended below it, taking pictures continuously Computer system […]