I wish these would end up closer to me because this would be some real fun and help with recovery!!!!! maybe I should watch more often......because, you never know where they could end up! Another great topic Mat! Thanks for keeping the hobby going!!! 73, N8SOT
We had big baloon tracking across the US in early February, from China, which my relatives near Myrtle Beach, SC, saw the US Military shot down there. No further information if it was also carrying Chinese Take Away meals. 😊
I have been tracking weather ballons for years. Living 15 miles away from the Camborne launch site, there's rearly a landing near me to collect the transmitter.
can this lora device be used as the balloons transmitter? so could this be applied as a personal vehicle tracker device in case your car gets stolen? Thanks in advance and maybe you could make a video on this
There is even better software for this TTGO that even provides a landing forecast 😉. Best Regards PS And if you want to save yourself the tablet and have an Android car radio installed in your car or one that supports Android Auto, there is also a way to display and operate this on your vehicle display
hi there, i am living in India .. i can't tarack a balloon using auto rx .. it picks up the signal but it can decode .. i'am 1 km away from the local metro dep.. i did some research on local station I found that .. they are using rsg-20A radiosonde .. does auto rx decode it ? pls help
What’s the ettiequte when picking these up? Do you return them to the sender with a note, pop it onto another balloon and hope someone else gets it the next time, etc?
For the ones launched from the UK the label on the sonde says " ... equipment is the property of the Met Office and is no longer require", so if you find one it's yours!
The hardware is certainly cheap enough at $16. I might give it a go. I do live in the states so as yet I am not sure if the system will do the same here.
@@BartoszKrawczykDemczuk The United States offers no monetary reward, but the US National Weather Service (NWS) wants people to return weather balloon elctronics packages. A NWS webpage says: "Each radiosonde contains a mailing bag and instructions on what to do if you find one. About 20% of the 75,000 radiosondes sent up each year in the US are found and returned. These instruments are fixed and reused, saving the government money." (20% of 75,000 is 15,000 radiosondes each year, which is 41/day.)
Ya.. I remember Back in the Day.. (With CB..) You could make a small Transmitter..(milli-watts output only) on channel 14 (27.125 MHz) The challenge was to find it.. (Somewhere in Town).. They called this challenge a (Rabbit Hunt.. Or Perhaps Mouse Hunt..) but whatever it was called.. All you had to do was (Drive around and BURN Gas).. when it was cheap.. Using a home brew Handheld 3 or 4 element (Yagi) directional finding Antenna.. (And your CB).. (It was Fun).. So the same thing could be done with this TX LPU Device / And an SDR. but NOT Using your cell phone with GPS as shown in the Video (That's Cheating..) (Do it Old School).. with a YAGI.. (Kids today have it too easy) Back in my day.. We had to find these things Driving (Up Hill) Both ways.
Well i think this system has better potential for offline device tracking i mean if the weather baloon can transmit far distant signals ... then why not a arduino device 😅 Additionally for data transmission... therefore usage chices are near limitless 😊 like place transreceiver where a free wifi spot exists then use that net from 10km away at home may be as simple general ideas 😊 by usi this devices as proxy ...
I've done this a few times, it's actually quite exciting to do! Its like a Tech Treasure Hunt (TM) lol
Very interesting Mat. Might give this a go myself. Thank you.
I wish these would end up closer to me because this would be some real fun and help with recovery!!!!! maybe I should watch more often......because, you never know where they could end up! Another great topic Mat! Thanks for keeping the hobby going!!! 73, N8SOT
This is such a cool channel.
We had big baloon tracking across the
US in early February, from China, which
my relatives near Myrtle Beach, SC, saw
the US Military shot down there.
No further information if it was also
carrying Chinese Take Away meals. 😊
Will this radio and s/w track balloons in the US?
I have been tracking weather ballons for years. Living 15 miles away from the Camborne launch site, there's rearly a landing near me to collect the transmitter.
can this lora device be used as the balloons transmitter? so could this be applied as a personal vehicle tracker device in case your car gets stolen? Thanks in advance and maybe you could make a video on this
meshtastic can track cars
Sdr++ has a plugin to track weather balloons.
I can flash the frimware with lligo tbeam board .. i shows not enough space ?
There is even better software for this TTGO that even provides a landing forecast 😉. Best Regards
PS
And if you want to save yourself the tablet and have an Android car radio installed in your car or one that supports Android Auto, there is also a way to display and operate this on your vehicle display
hi there, i am living in India .. i can't tarack a balloon using auto rx .. it picks up the signal but it can decode .. i'am 1 km away from the local metro dep.. i did some research on local station I found that .. they are using rsg-20A radiosonde .. does auto rx decode it ? pls help
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing.
What’s the ettiequte when picking these up? Do you return them to the sender with a note, pop it onto another balloon and hope someone else gets it the next time, etc?
No finders keepers really
For the ones launched from the UK the label on the sonde says " ... equipment is the property of the Met Office and is no longer require", so if you find one it's yours!
No way! That's really cool, thanks Graham!@@grahamtanner1066
Can this be paired with a Raspberry Pi zero like a DMR hotspot, or can it just be used as is?
You can use auto rx for the Pi 3 or 4
Brilliant !!!
Brilliant thanks,
The hardware is certainly cheap enough at $16.
I might give it a go. I do live in the states so as yet I am not sure if the system will do the same here.
A lot of the US uses the RS41's .
Yes, this system also works in the USA as long as the probes that the device supports are used
Do the authorities give a monetary reward for the return of their spent balloon and transmitter ?
No, it’s one time use only.
@@BartoszKrawczykDemczuk The United States offers no monetary reward, but the US National Weather Service (NWS) wants people to return weather balloon elctronics packages. A NWS webpage says: "Each radiosonde contains a mailing bag and instructions on what to do if you find one. About 20% of the 75,000 radiosondes sent up each year in the US are found and returned. These instruments are fixed and reused, saving the government money." (20% of 75,000 is 15,000 radiosondes each year, which is 41/day.)
Ya.. I remember Back in the Day.. (With CB..) You could make a small Transmitter..(milli-watts output only) on channel 14 (27.125 MHz)
The challenge was to find it.. (Somewhere in Town).. They called this challenge a (Rabbit Hunt.. Or Perhaps Mouse Hunt..) but whatever it was called..
All you had to do was (Drive around and BURN Gas).. when it was cheap.. Using a home brew Handheld 3 or 4 element (Yagi) directional finding Antenna.. (And your CB)..
(It was Fun)..
So the same thing could be done with this TX LPU Device / And an SDR. but NOT Using your cell phone with GPS as shown in the Video (That's Cheating..)
(Do it Old School).. with a YAGI.. (Kids today have it too easy) Back in my day.. We had to find these things Driving (Up Hill) Both ways.
Also called "Fox Hunt" used to do lots in late 70's & early 80's on 2M / 144MHz
Agreed, l've retrieved 4 last week using the old method you described.
Very challenging but alot more fun.
Well i think this system has better potential for offline device tracking i mean if the weather baloon can transmit far distant signals ... then why not a arduino device 😅
Additionally for data transmission... therefore usage chices are near limitless 😊 like place transreceiver where a free wifi spot exists then use that net from 10km away at home may be as simple general ideas 😊 by usi this devices as proxy ...