Callsign: VE7NFR
Channel: 420
Launched from Surrey, British Columbia, Canada at 12:33pm Pacific Daylight Time (1933 UTC) on 23 July 2024. Details: 32" (diameter) Orbs clear pico balloon stretched to 101" circumference (32.15" dia.) Hydrogen 5.5 grams of free lift, total lift 20.5 g. U4B tracker 20m WSPR on channel 420 - transmitting 27mW on the 8's (call/grid) and the 0's (telemetry) Antenna - half wave dipole, 38 gauge magnet wire Powerfilm solar panels (2) with 3F supercaps and shunts for protection. This is our 12th attempt at circumnavigation. Hopefully this is the one!