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Which handheld has 1680 mHz and TNC for APRS?
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If you are asking about 1680 MHz (1.68 GHz), there are no handheld radios that I know of that will tune that high.
Also, I'm not sure that weather radiosondes use APRS for encoding their data.
Also, I'm not sure that weather radiosondes use APRS for encoding their data.
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The do not and different model radiosondes use different decoding (and NOAA NWS uses a variety of models). Since he wants to track radiosondes: Note that the actual frequencies up there are 1676, 1678, 1680, and 1682 MHz (it is MHz not mHz...1680 mHz is 1.68 Hz as "m" means 0.001 not 1000, which is "M")). Second: note weather balloons also use frequencies in the 400-406 MHz range and ones are moving there from the higher frequencies. I see KB1GNE is in New Hampshire. The nearest releases, the nearest releases are Gray, ME and Albany, NY. they use models RS92NGP and LMS6, respectively (1680 MHz models which can actually be any of the above 1.6 MHz frequencies not just 1680 MHz). Really your only bets are to use a cheap SDR and the software available for decoding radiosondes or you will have to feed audio from another receiver to a PC with the software. The first way is definitely the better way.
I use an AirSpy for doing this here in VA but all my local launches are in the 400-406 MHz.
dlwtrunked
Thanks for your reply. We moved and we are in Ohio. The local NOAA station in Wilmington, Ohio launches radiosondes twice a day on the 1680 MHz frequencies. But they don't appear on Sondehub/ APRS for some reason.
Can you walk me through "building" an SDR and software receiver systems for the 1680 MHz (not mHz)? What exact parts do I need to buy and then how do I assemble them? I'm not as techno-savvy as many here are. Thank you.
Please feel free to email me at ----> mkibler@alumni.unity.edu
Kind regards,
Mark
KB1GNE
Thanks for your reply. We moved and we are in Ohio. The local NOAA station in Wilmington, Ohio launches radiosondes twice a day on the 1680 MHz frequencies. But they don't appear on Sondehub/ APRS for some reason.
Can you walk me through "building" an SDR and software receiver systems for the 1680 MHz (not mHz)? What exact parts do I need to buy and then how do I assemble them? I'm not as techno-savvy as many here are. Thank you.
Please feel free to email me at ----> mkibler@alumni.unity.edu
Kind regards,
Mark
KB1GNE
What about the ICOM R20 or R30, or the AOR 8200? Don't these have the 1680 MHz frequency range?
Thanks for you reply,
Mark
KB1GNE
They very well may. You'd have to check the specs.
I did a little Googling and found this page with info about using SDRs to decode radiosondes:
Tutorial on using RS to Decode and Plot Radiosondes
A radiosonde is a small weather sensor package that is typically attached to a weather balloon. As it rises into the atmosphere it measures parameters such as temperature, humidity, pressure, GPS location etc, and transmits this data back down to a receiver base station using a radio signal...
www.rtl-sdr.com
I also found a thread here at RadioReference that you may find interesting:
forums.radioreference.com
Sonde Radiosonde Decoder (PC & Mac)
Sonde Radiosonde Decoder (PC & Mac) Free to try Decode radio transmissions from radiosondes (weather balloons) https://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/radiosonde-decoder.html
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