Aerostratospheric's Jeremy David Higgs to Present Ham Radio Balloon Tracking Talk at SLSRC Winterfest 2027

OLNEY, Ill., Oct. 14, 2026 — Jeremy David Higgs (KE9CFY), founder and president of Olney, Illinois-based Aerostratospheric, will present the forum talk "Ham Radio to the Stratosphere: Tracking High-Altitude Balloons and Sharing Open Weather Data" at SLSRC Winterfest 2027 on Saturday, January 23, 2027, at the Gateway Center, 1 Gateway Dr., Collinsville, IL 62234. Winterfest runs 8 AM to 1 PM CT.

Weather balloons can climb past 100,000 feet, and ham radio is how the team follows them all the way up and back down. In the talk, Higgs will show how Aerostratospheric tracks flights with APRS telemetry and how its ground weather station in Casey shares observations with NOAA through CWOP. He will also show how hams, students and weather fans can use the open Unified Open Global Weather (UOGW) dataset in their own projects. Attendees are invited to bring their questions.

An optional social is planned for Friday, January 22, 2027, at a restaurant near the Gateway Center.

Winterfest is organized by SLSRC; Aerostratospheric is participating as a forum speaker. For the forum schedule and all event details, see the official Winterfest site.


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About Aerostratospheric
Olney, Illinois-based Aerostratospheric flies high-altitude balloons for atmospheric research, runs a ground weather station in Casey that shares observations with NOAA through CWOP, and publishes the free UOGW dataset.

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