KN6EQU Balloon Wins Cross-Country Educational Challenge Race

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) partner ISS Above inventor Liam Kennedy, KN6EQU, of Pasadena, California, has been declared the winner of a mid-altitude cross-continent educational challenge balloon race. His balloon was one of four launched on June 1 from the west coast with the goal of reaching the Eastern Time Zone first. Coming in second was the balloon of Ted Tagami, KK6UUQ, from ARISS partner Magnitude.io.

Event Announcement - https://www.icqpodcast.com/news/2020/6/7/aprs-payload-balloons-to-race-across-north-america-in-educational-challenge

ARISS Mid-Altitude Balloon Race - https://www.ariss.org/mid-altitude-balloon-race.html