And, while the Santa Barbara Hackerspace won’t be getting quite that much altitude, their APRS-enabled balloon/rocket tracker ... the APRS radio which allows it to send data over amateur ...

The post Hot air balloon hit causes radio tower to collapse appeared first on Talker. A recent video shows what happened during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta on Friday, Oct. 11.

This is thanks to a Raspberry Pi Zero on board the balloon that is paired with an STM32 board which handles the radio communication on a RF4463 transceiver module. The STM32 acts as an ...

There will be 20 full-size balloons and 15 radio-controlled balloons. A radio-controlled balloon is a smaller version of a hot air balloon, typically about a quarter of the size of a regular hot ...

It’s a fundraiser that features over 100,000 balloons artistically configured to build on a theme titled “Voyage into the ...

In 2004, a balloon shaped like the face of Smokey Bear got wrapped around a radio tower during the festival, forcing the pilot and two passengers to climb most of the way down the structure. A ...

This Valentine's Day weekend, Palm Beach County residents can check off a bucket list item at the inaugural West Palm Beach Hot Air Balloon Festival. For nearly two decades, the traveling festival ...