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High Altitude Balloon Gear

Page history last edited by Robert Striemer 7 years, 4 months ago

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. 

 

Parachutes

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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