On this page you will find links to suppliers of basic high altitude ballooning equipment.
HAB Supplies List - Manitoba Association of Physics Teachers (MAPT)
Weather Balloons
Hoskin Scientific is a Canadian supplier. Kaymont in New York is recommended for Americans.
RocketMan and Spherachute produce parachutes specifically for HABs.
APRS Tracking Transmitters
(You must be a certified radio amateur to use an APRS beacon.)
Byonics
habsupplies Habduino
Habitat Tracking (UK/Europe)
Introduction to Habitat
UKHAS Beginners Guide to Tracking (fl-digi)
GPS Receivers
"COCOM Limits" The limit placed on GPS devices that disable tracking when the unit is moving faster than 1,000 knots at an altitude higher than 60,000 feet. SHARP has verified that the following GPS receivers work above 60,000 feet:
1) Garmin GPS 18x OEM (attached to SHARP's Byonics APRS Tracker)
2) Byonics GPS4 (Maples Collegiate flew this unit to 106,000 feet)
3) Adafruit Ultimate GPS Logger Shield (On SHARP's Payload Cut Down or Flight Termination Circuit)
4) habsupplies (Anthony Stirk)
Cameras
Mobius ActionCam
Keychain 808 #16
GoPro Hero
Canon Point and Shoot Hacks
Inflation Kit
High Altitude Science
Kite Line
Braided Dacron
Electronics
Digi-Key
Adafruit
Tip Top Electronics
Amateur Radio
Prairie Mobile Communications
Micro-HighTech Communications
Radioworld
Durham Radio
Baofeng UV-5R
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