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Andrew Koenig KE5GDB
August 19, 2024
By Andrew Koenig KE5GDB In this article we will discuss how to receive transmissions from a radiosonde running the RS41ng firmware and transmitting the Horus Binary v2 protocol. Twice a day NOAA launches radiosondes into the upper atmosphere to make…
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Chip Coker KD4C
July 1, 2024
By Chip Coker KD4C For just a few $, you can build your own RadioSonde Tracking Receiver setup and participate in tracking the twice-daily (0000 and 1200 UTC) launches of radiosondes by NOAA. These radiosondes transmit at around 403 MHz…
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Chip Coker KD4C
August 13, 2021
RWK and the Plano Amateur Radio Klub (PARK) conducted a joint balloon launch in July 2021. Details about the balloon: Max Height was over 90,000 feet. Here’s an image taken by the payload camera at 86,000 feet. Max altitude reached…
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