VE6AB Mobile Ops

Near Space Flight

This collage gives you a birds eye view of the APRS high altitude balloon flight that I participated in recently with the Airdrie Space Science Club, headed by Brian Jackson VE6JBJ.

The flight was a great success with the balloon reaching a maximum altitude of 131,122 feet before bursting and allowing the payload to be returned to the ground by parachute.
The payload landed northwest of the town of Castor AB.

I was pleased with the Doppler direction finding unit that I had mounted in my mobile, as it got me within 2 kilometers of the payload before the payload touched down and I ran out of a road to drive on.

At that point I used my take down yagi and my Kenwood D72 to direction find the payload beaconing from its position on the ground.

Click on the photo for a closer look.....

Here's a look as too what was happening in my mobile while tracking the balloon and its payload.....
http://www.jerryclement.ca/HamRadio/HamRadio/i-LpbVGTK

Here is a link to a gallery displaying photos shot throughout the day while APRS High Altitude Ballooning.....
http://www.jerryclement.ca/APRS-High-Altitude-Ballooning/n-jx2QHf/

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