Balloonfoxhunt 2018 @PE4BAS video

I was a little late being at the radio and install everything for simultaneous UHF/VHF. The balloon was already in and on the air. There are always more important things to do....Anyway, the once a year used triplexer came on my desk and I connected the IC-706 on UHF and the FT-817 on VHF. It was only a few minutes later when PE1BVQ Hans was calling me at my surprise! And we made the contact! We even made a second contact when the balloon went down. I didn't expect that at all with my modest UHF/VHF setup. I was using 18W out of my Icom on 70cm on the W2000 which is on top of the mast at 16m agl. I even made a QSO with a second station which was PD2EZ. It is all in the video. Enjoy! The balloon reached a height of 30km and you can see some shots in the video from what I saw on the youtube livestream. Amazing...