Balloon Experiments with Amateur Radio

Canadian Radio Amateurs have been using Amateur Radio on balloon launches for many years. This YouTube video shows some of the great pictures they got.

The team tracked the balloon that was carrying a Byonics MicroTrak 300 APRS Tracker operating on 144.390 MHz.
Its 200mw output was received at up 600 km away.

The YouTube description says:

In 2009 a groups of Canadians attached a camera to a balloon and sent it into space. While watching their video the song "Strange Overtones" by David Byrne and Brain Eno came on the radio (KEXP, best radio station in the world).

Despite the lyrics having nothing to do with the video it was great underscoring. So I edited their video and put the song behind it. All apologies to them as well as to David Byrne and Brian Eno. Also sorry for the vertigo; it's worth it if you watch until the end.

If you find this at all interesting you should watch the original video and visit the Balloon Experiments with Amateur Radio (B.E.A.R.) site at http://bear.sbszoo.com/

Watch Strange Overtones

Balloon Experiments with Amateur Radio (B.E.A.R.)
http://bear.sbszoo.com/