Today, it is widely recognized as one of the premier organizations in its field. What We Do Our members utilize amateur radio and balloons to advance scientific study of the upper atmosphere. We regularly work with educators, offering valuable opportunities to enhance their students' studies of science, mathematics and technology through real, hands-on experience. EOSS conducts four or five balloon projects each year, sending radio-equipped payloads deep into the stratosphere over eastern Colorado. Gas balloons are the most practical means to get there, since rockets can visit it only briefly, and it's unattainable by ground-based aircraft.
Members have many opportunities to exchange ideas with their fellow members.
A monthly meeting is conducted the second Tuesday of each month. You need not have an Amateur Radio License to listen in to the on the air nets. They can easily be monitored on most police type scanners. Stop by a Radio Shack and see how inexpensively you can get into the monitoring hobby. Who knows, you might even take the next step and get your Ham License.