ARLA/CLUSTER: Balão de radioamador estudantil tenta bater recorde de voo mundial

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Students' ham radio balloon attempts round the world flight

On Dec 8 Jefferson Intermediate School’s 5th grade science classes
assisted in the launch of an amateur radio 144.390 MHz FM APRS balloon
in an attempt to fly around the world

KRLS News reports:

Students partnered with local experts from the Pella Amateur Radio
Club to fly a “pico-satellite” called a SkyTracker, which contains GPS
and amateur radio technology and permits the students to track the
path of the balloon flight, anywhere on Earth.

The balloon was designed to lift the SkyTracker to about 30,000 feet
and then stop. The balloon has since then caught the jet stream, which
should carry it around the globe.

The education, lectures, and flight were presented by the Pella
Amateur Radio Club.

Read the KRLS News story at
http://kniakrls.com/2018/12/jefferson-intermediate-students-pella-amateur-radio-club-launch-balloon-2/

Track the balloon online at
https://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FWB0URW-2&timerange=21600&tail=21600

Pella Amateur Radio Club
https://sites.google.com/site/parcpens/parc-info