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\nThe High-altitude balloon launch took place on Saturday 20 September. The balloon soared at a peak altitude of 48,556ft before landing in a remote location in the Thursden Valley. <\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n
What happened?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
As part of the\u00a0RSGB\u2019s National Coding Week<\/strong><\/a> activities for 2025, the RSGB Outreach Team launched a High-altitude balloon (HAB) equipped with a LoRa digipeater. The team worked with Hi-Impact<\/strong><\/a> to deliver the event in which radio amateurs were tasked with building a tracker, that if successful, beamed up packets to the airborne relay, which transmitted to a local Igate.<\/h4>\n
You can catch up with a\u00a0livestream<\/strong> <\/a>of the event via our YouTube channel.<\/h4>\n
The RSGB Legacy Funds<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Moonraker<\/strong> <\/a>sponsored the event and Moonraker provided some great prizes for the competition.<\/h4>\n
What was the goal and who were the winners?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
The aim of the activity was to have fun, learn something new and to be part of a challenge that brought radio amateurs of all ages together in a special event.<\/h4>\n
Prizes were available for getting your signal the furthest from the balloon launch location. There were two categories, single RSGB member operator and\u00a0RSGB Affiliated Club.\u00a0The winners were:<\/h4>\n
Single RSGB member operator<\/strong> – Robert Williams, G7ATJ from the Isle of Wight<\/h4>\n
RSGB Affiliated Club<\/strong> –\u00a0Newbury and District Amateur Radio Society NADARS (G5XV)<\/h4>\n
The winner of each category won a \u00a3200 Moonraker voucher<\/h4>\n
How can I use my LoRa tracker after this event? <\/strong><\/h4>\n
Visit our “How can I use my LoRa tracker now the RSGB challenge has finished?<\/strong><\/a>” web page to find out how to re-code your tracker and to get ideas on what you can do next.<\/h4>\n
\nRead the full story in our December 2025 RadCom feature<\/a> and find out how people got involved!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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