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| * read up on some of the [[frontpage:projects|projects]] | * read up on some of the [[frontpage:projects|projects]] | ||
| * join the [[http://groups.google.com/group/ukhas|UKHAS mailing list]] | * join the [[http://groups.google.com/group/ukhas|UKHAS mailing list]] | ||
| - | * get on to #highaltitude on irc.freenode.net | + | * get on to [[https://web.libera.chat/#highaltitude|#highaltitude]] on libera.chat |
| * Feel free to ask questions, if people don't know they'll know where to find the answer. | * Feel free to ask questions, if people don't know they'll know where to find the answer. | ||
| * Come along to a launch - best ask first if you can come, nearly always the answer will be yes, be prepared to be roped in - need all the help we can get! | * Come along to a launch - best ask first if you can come, nearly always the answer will be yes, be prepared to be roped in - need all the help we can get! | ||
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| === General === | === General === | ||
| * Whats the point? | * Whats the point? | ||
| - | * [[http://www.nivnac.co.uk/files/HAPSD_NOVA8/HAPS-D_pan1_half.jpg|This]] | ||
| * High Altitude Ballooning is a multi-skilled hobby in which you get to explore a region of the earth "Near Space" without the need for enormous budgets and national departments or agencies. It tests your abilities to plan, design and construct electronics, teaches you about radio theory and gps modules and then allows you to put all this to the test at an altitude of 30km, -50 deg C and less then 1% atmospheres. | * High Altitude Ballooning is a multi-skilled hobby in which you get to explore a region of the earth "Near Space" without the need for enormous budgets and national departments or agencies. It tests your abilities to plan, design and construct electronics, teaches you about radio theory and gps modules and then allows you to put all this to the test at an altitude of 30km, -50 deg C and less then 1% atmospheres. | ||
| * Oh and its a lot of fun. | * Oh and its a lot of fun. | ||
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