SSDV picture from a PIE balloon – Image credit Dave Akerman M0RPI
The 2019 UK High Altitude Society Conference is taking place in White City, London on Saturday, September 7. Ticket sales close August 31.
The conference takes place at The Invention Rooms, 68 Wood Lane, White City, London, W12 7TA, and attracts those interested in learning about building and flying High Altitude Balloons or in tracking their 434 MHz signals.
Some of the radio amateurs giving talks on high altitude balloon communications are:
• AutoRX by Mark Jessop VK5QI
• Citizen space exploration & inflatable spacecraft by Michael Johnson M0MJJ
• The Apollo Flight – model-making and tech behind the dashboard by Dave Akerman M0RPI
• Insurance & UKHAS Server Support by Steve Randall G8KHW
• Recovering, Reprogramming and Re-flying Radiosondes by Andrew Mulholland MI0BPB
• Hwoyee NSL-45 Experiences by Dave Akerman M0RPI and Steve Randall G8KHW
There will be helium and foil balloons available for the pico launch at the end of the conference.
UKHAS conference information is at https://ukhas.org.uk/general:ukhasconference2019