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Loggings => VHF/UHF Logs, including satellites and radiosondes => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on June 10, 2017, 1214 UTC
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These definitely seem to be coming from Dulles. I did not hear the Sterling/NWS launch last night on 401.0 MHz, so maybe these Vaisala radiosondes have a stronger signal?
It is amazing how much better I receive these vs the 1680 MHz radiosondes. Those I would only pick up if they got north of I-70. These I can pick up shortly after launch.
Actual path:
(http://i.imgur.com/CLIYNSk.jpg)
Predicted path:
(http://i.imgur.com/mgpzmQb.png)
Plot of reported altitude:
(http://i.imgur.com/fVcZasz.png)
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Is there a reason why they only go to around 35k feet before the balloon pops? I'd want to know what's going on higher if I had the choice, you know, like via a sturdier balloon?
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Is there a reason why they only go to around 35k feet before the balloon pops? I'd want to know what's going on higher if I had the choice, you know, like via a sturdier balloon?
That's 35k meters, which is about 115k feet. Once you get that high, you're essentially above all the weather.
I am looking further into the raw data, and found the string that is sent with the radiosonde model number, it is a RS41-SGP. Data sheet here: http://www.vaisala.com/Vaisala%20Documents/Brochures%20and%20Datasheets/WEA-MET-RS41SGP-Datasheet-B211444EN.pdf
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Lol thanks for correcting my error!