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Build Your Own Weather Balloon

Posted by michael on from the if-it's-wet,-it's-raining dept.

Leeji writes "Here is an interesting read about one geek's project to build and launch a weather balloon. The flight recorder is a small $200 Soekris Engineering computer running Bering Linux. It also uses a Garmin GPS, HAM packet radio, an automated Aiptek Pencam Trio digital camera, army surplus batteries, and lots of geek duct tape."

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  1. Re:other options to a weather ballon by larry+bagina · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    That doesn't get you on slashdot, though...

    2003-02-22 05:25:12 I can use linux and mozilla to check the weather! (articles,news) (rejected)

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    Do you even lift?

    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.