Ham Radio Balloon, UFO or Chinese Spy??

Ham radio ballooning is all over the news with the recent likely downing of one by the US military. Today I'll give you a quick primer on what it is and why amateur radio operators do it. Links from the video: Ham radio balloon shot down: https://www.popularmechanics.com/mili... ARISS Ballooning: https://ariss-usa.org/mid-altitude-ba... Rules governing balloon launches: https://ecfr.gov/current/title-14/cha... Tom's Youtube channel:    / w5kub   Cool balloon launch story: https://www.rmham.org/rmham-nm-launch... https://www.wfla.com/news/national/u-... Balloon tracker: https://amateur.sondehub.org/ APRS tracking site: aprs.fi WSPR tracking site: pskreporter.info Balloons for launches: http://www.scientificballoonsolutions... APRS and WSPR Beacons: http://shop.qrp-labs.com/lightaprs 📻Want the best HT antenna? Signal Stuff Signal Stick https://signalstuff.com/?ref=622 (This is an affliate link) 📻You can find some of my favorite radios at GigaParts: The DigiRig can be found here: https://www.gigaparts.com/nsearch/?lp... 📻Good Value HTs: HTs: https://www.buytwowayradios.com/blog/... 📻Check out Radioddity ham radio radios and get a discount: Xiegu G90: https://www.radioddity.com/?ref=bkobuwhc 📻 Support Ham Radio Crash Course Content 📻 Patreon -   / hoshnasi   (includes monthly newsletter, stickers and Patron perks) 📸YouTube -    / hamradiocrashcourse   (includes early access to videos, membership YT badge and custom emojis) Shop HamTactical: http://www.hamtactical.com Shop Our Affiliates: http://hamradiocrashcourse.com/affili... Shop Our Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/hamradioc... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. ★ FOLLOW ME HERE ★ 🪩 Website………………………► http://hamradiocrashcourse.com 📸 YouTube..................►    / hamradiocrashcourse   💻 Twitch......................►   / hamradiocrashcourse   Podcast………………………► https://hamradiocrashcourse.podbean.com/ 💻 Discord………………….►   / discord   📸 Facebook................► https://goo.gl/cv5rEQ 📸 Twitter.....................►   / hoshnasi   📸 Instagram................►   / hamradiocrashcourse   📨 Physical Mail...........►Josh Nass P.O Box 5101 Cerritos, CA 90703-5101 Music by Sonic D: Soundcloud.com/sncd Twitter.com/sncd Facebook.com/djsonicd #HRCC #hamradio #amateurradio