The official BACAR 2025 mission will lift off with over a dozen payloads including APRS, LoRa, imaging systems, environmental sensors and much more.
For more information or to participate contact Christo Kriek at christo.kriek@sasol.com
2025-10-07
Summary: BACAR-13 launches to the edge of space this coming Saturday 11 October 2025
Please join the fun by receiving the SSTV images, Making Xband QSO's, Tracking the balloon on APRS/LORA and WSPR. Publish your images, QSO's and tracking information to the BACAR-13 WhatsApp group.
Here is the invite link
If you want to camp at the yacht club in Trichardt for the Bacar-13 launch weekend the details are below: The camping fees is R50 per person per night.
Our banking details is: Secunda Radio Club First National Bank Account nr: 74136316483 Trichardt Branch Branch Code: 27114
Please send proof of payment to: secradio@jenny.co.za
2025-07-28
Summary: The Secunda Radio Club (ZS6SRC) will launch a pico balloon on Friday, 2 August 2025...
The Secunda Radio Club (ZS6SRC) will launch a pico balloon on Friday, 2 August 2025, carrying a 20m band WSPR (Weak Signal Propagation Reporter) tracker, as part of an ambitious year-long celebration of the 100-year centenary of the South African Radio League (SARL).
This balloon is the latest in a planned series of 12 commemorative launches, which began on 24 May 2025 at the Trichardt Model Aircraft Club. Each balloon honors a different figure who played a key role in the history of amateur radio ballooning in South Africa.
The initiative also pays homage to over a decade of BACAR (Balloon Carrying Amateur Radio) missions—an experimental platform that has excited radio amateurs since its early beginnings.