Amateur "pico-balloons" are ultralight, often solar-powered balloons that circle the globe at 10 to 15 km altitude for weeks or months, reporting position over WSPR, the same weak-signal beacon mode ham radio operators use for propagation research. A WSPR receiver here in Oklahoma City listens 40m through 10m around the clock and decodes the U4B/Traquito telemetry protocol some of these balloons use, tracking altitude, temperature, battery voltage, and ground speed. See the log entry for more on how it works.