High Altitude Balloon Presentation video

A presentation on a High Altitude Balloon project using amateur radio by Terry Baume VK5VZI, Foundation license holder Mark Jessop VK5FDRK, along with embedded hardware and software hacker Joel Stanley

The presentation titled 'Tux in (near) space!' was given to hackers at the linux.conf.au 2012 in Ballarat, Jan 16-20. The Project Horus group have flown several amateur radio repeaters as well as APRS and video payloads.

The YouTube description reads:
This talk will describe how to launch and recover high altitude balloons: logistics, regulations, and most importantly the open source hardware and software used. Arduino hackers, amateur radio operators and anyone who likes seeing photos of earth from 35km will enjoy this talk.

Project Horus is a high altitude balloon project run by amateur radio and electronics enthusiasts for fun and experimentation.

Watch Tux in Space: High altitude ballooning

Project Horus
http://projecthorus.org/

Joel Stanley's blog
http://blog.jms.id.au/

Mark VK5FDRK and Adrian VK5ZSN
RF Head - HAB & Ham Radio Experimentation
http://blog.darklomax.org/

Last year Mark Jessop VK5FDRK, while staying in the United Kingdom, achieved a new record when his balloon, launched from Cambridge and carrying a 434.650 MHz transmitter, achieved a height of 40,575 metres, see http://www.southgatearc.org/news/september2011/
uk_record_for_434_650mhz_balloon.htm

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