Pella Amateur Radio Club’s Pella Exploring Near Space 144.39 MHz APRS balloon project, callsign WB0URW-8, had nearly spanned the globe

According to Jim Emmert WB0URW with the group, a SkyTracker placed on the balloon launched 5th November 2020 has nearly come back to Iowa after travelling across the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Asia and the Pacific.

The Pella Amateur Radio Club has been interacting with students at Jefferson Intermediate School and Pella Christian Grade School via virtual means this fall after many years of in-person interaction at local science classes, and the balloon launched for Pella Community School students will likely be the first to span the entire globe for the project, which could be confirmed as soon as this Wednesday. Emmert says Pella Exploring Near Space is made possible by grants from the Pella Community Foundation and Marion County Community Foundation.

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