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AI6YR Ben
AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

IEEE Spectrum: Explore the Stratosphere With a DIY Pico balloon

A tiny ham-radio transmitter lets you track a balloon globally

https://spectrum.ieee.org/explore-stratosphere-diy-pico-balloon

#hamradio #wspr #arduino #diy #balloons

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Explore the Stratosphere With a DIY Pico balloon

A $4 Raspberry Pi Pico can help you track a DIY balloon around the world.
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Da_Gut
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@Da_Gut@dice.camp  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@ai6yr many years ago. I read about this guy who was trialing using radio transmitters, and a couple of bare bones sensors on homing pigeons to monitor air pollution around Los Angeles.
He eventually switched to balloons, though pigeons still had some niche uses for doing the work

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