Welcome to very much under construction of KC9LGS 
 
(see trans-Atlantic space balloon also under construction)
 
In the mean time here are some links to  other hams balloons pages:
 
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/balloons/balloon.htm
 
http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2004/11/26/1/
 
http://www.spiritofknoxville.com/
 
http://www.nstar.org/
 


http://atic.phys.lsu.edu/aces/

http://www.ballonvossenjacht.nl/

http://www.ansr.org/

http://www.arbonet.net/

http://astro.okstate.edu/  

http://vpizza.org/~jmeehan/balloon/

http://www.depauw.edu/acad/physics/base/pages/links.asp

http://www.sbszoo.com/bear/

http://www.qsl.net/w5acm/

http://www.qsl.net/kc7nax/

http://spacegrant.montana.edu/borealis/

http://www.capnspace.org/

http://www.cnnsp.org/

http://www.copernicus-project.org/

http://www.nearspaceexploration.org/

http://www.eoss.org/

http://www.geocities.com/ke0vh/ESOS

http://vmw2.grc.nasa.gov/post632/

http://mail.gpacademy.org/~rochter/default.htm  

http://www.sscl.iastate.edu/

http://www.photoesque.com/HAPB/

http://frodo.bruderhof.com/hambone/index.html 

http://frodo.bruderhof.com/ka2qpg/thinair/

http://members.shaw.ca/sonde/index.htm

http://artvb.oatmeal.dhs.org/

http://www.viestikallio.fi/ilmari/

http://www.k4lrg.org/Balloon/index.htm

http://www.qsl.net/k8uo/UM201.htm

http://www.aem.umn.edu/msgc/BSAT/index.html

http://www.nearsys.org/

http://www.qsl.net/wb9sbd/educators.html

http://www.nstar.org/

http://nearspaceventures.com


http://www.ntexbp.org

http://members.cox.net/hhm_74775/orb/

http://www.qsl.net/lw2dtz/globoeng/

http://people.msoe.edu/~piggottc/
PROJECT TRAVELER - Reno County Kansas Amateur Radio Association
http://www.rckara.org/index.php?ID=41
(Project_Traveler - underlining hides the underscore)
Project_Traveler@yahoogroups.com to post a message
Project_Traveler-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to subscribe

PRSGC – Puerto Rico Space Grant Consortium
 http://prsgc.aprspr.net/

REACH FOR SPACE – Perryton High School (Texas) (N5IS & K5IS)
http://almostangels.org/balloons/

 SimSat – NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (N8PK - Maryland)
http://www.patkilroy.com/simsat/

SimSAT – AMRAD (Portugal)
http://www.amrad.pt/lancamento_cinelsat2.php

SkyQuest - (Massachusetts)
http://www.geocities.com/n1ltv/sqpage.htm

SSOK – Sky Science Over Kansas (WBØDRL)
http://www.petesias.com/balloons.htm

SUNTRACKER - flying from western Ohio and eastern Indiana
http://www.suntracker.eng.wayne.edu

TVNSP - Treasure Valley Near Space Project (Idaho)
http://www.tvnsp.org
tvnsp@yahoogroups.com to post a message
tvnsp-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to subscribe

UNDHABP - University of North Dakota High Altitude Balloon Project
http://balloons.space.edu/habp/
Send 'subscribe balloons' (in the body of the message) to majordomo@space.edu

UX – University of Tennessee Amateur Radio Club
http://www.utarc.org/

 VWS - Vienna Wireless Society (Virginia)
http://www.viennawireless.org/balloon/index.php

WB8ELK – Bill Brown (Huntsville, AL)
http://www.wb8elk.com/


Other Active
EMAIL REFLECTORS

Balloon Flight announcements (all groups)
(Balloon_Sked - underlining hides the underscore)
Balloon_Sked@yahoogroups.com to post a message
Balloon_Sked-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to subscribe

KNSP – Intercom Between Several Midwest Balloon Groups
(including NSTAR - HABITAT SKYLAB - RCKARA TRAVELER)
KNSP@yahoogroups.com to post a message
KNSP-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to subscribe

 GPSL - Great Plains Super Launch (annual Midwest event)
also intercom between groups
GPSL@yahoogroups.com to post a message
GPSL-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to subscribe


THE BIG GUYS - NASA, NSBF

NSBF - National Scientific Balloon Facility
http://www.nsbf.nasa.gov/index.html

Index of /docs/balloon - NASA Long Duration Balloons
http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/balloon/

OTHER BALLOON LINKS - NASA Long Duration Balloons
http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/balloon/other_links.html

PROSPECTS FOR 100 DAY BALLOON FLIGHTS - NASA/Goddard
http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/balloon/workshop96/

Planetary Aerovehicles (Balloons and Ballutes) - JPL/NASA
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/adv_tech/balloons/summary.htm

OLYMPUS - Long Duration Balloon Science Platform
http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/balloon/roadmap/roadmap_ver1_1.pdf

Balloon is a Thermal Vehicle
http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/balloon/workshop96/Energy_Balance.GIF


Balloon Manufacturers and Distributors

AEROSTAR - Promotional Balloons and Inflatables
http://www.aerostar.com/

KAYMONT - Meteorological Balloons
http://www.kaymont.com/pages/home.html

KAYSAM - Meteorological Balloons
http://www.kaysam.com/

RAVEN INDUSTRIES - Engineered Films Division
http://www.ravenind.com/RavenCorporate/eng_films/high_alt_balloons_index.htm  


Weather

University of Wyoming - Radiosonde Database Access
http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html

FOD AFSS - The Unofficial Listing Of Balloon Weather Sources
http://www.dodgenet.com/~weavers/afss/balloon.htm

NOAA-FSL-NCDC - Radiosonde Database Access
http://raob.fsl.noaa.gov/

NOAA-FSL - Demonstration Division
http://www.profiler.noaa.gov/jsp/index.jsp

NOAA-READY - Air Resources Laboratory
http://www.arl.noaa.gov/ready/cmet.html

Northern Illinois University STORMCHASER - The Sounding Machine
http://www.stormchaser.niu.edu/machine/textsound.html


Miscellaneous

Experimental Ballooning Links
http://www.hotairship.com/links/ballooning.html

Hot Air Balloon Simulator
http://www-vrl.umich.edu/~saha/eng477/index.htm

Spherachutes
http://www.spherachutes.com/main.html

SULLOON - Solar Powered Balloons
http://members.aol.com/sulloon/Contact/contact.html

JP AEROSPACE
http://www.jpaerospace.com/


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amateur Radio Balloon Page.
We currently have 2 very large Kylon Balloon with "T" size bottle of Helium.
KC9LGR is constructing the 144.39 Mhz Transceiver with GPS
As soon as some flights are ready we will update progress

    

Click Balloon image to see current
location of KC9LGS balloon location