jtmnt/radiosonde_auto_rx

Automatically Track Radiosonde Launches using RTLSDR

Automatic Radiosonde Receiver Utilities

Please refer to the auto_rx wiki for the latest information.

This project is built around rs1279's RS demodulators, and provides a set of utilities ('auto_rx') to allow automatic reception and uploading of Radiosonde positions to multiple services, including:

• The SondeHub Radiosonde Tracker - a tracking website specifically designed for tracking radiosondes!
• APRS-IS, for display on sites such as radiosondy.info. (Note that aprs.fi now blocks radiosonde traffic.)
• ChaseMapper for mobile radiosonde chasing.

Auto-RX's Web Interface provides a way of seeing the live status of your station, and also a means of reviewing and analysing previous radiosonde flights. Collected meteorological data can be plotted in the common 'Skew-T' format.

Radiosonde Support Matrix

Manufacturer	Model	Position	Temperature	Humidity	Pressure	XDATA
Vaisala	RS92-SGP/NGP	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Vaisala	RS41-SG/SGP/SGM	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️ (for -SGP)	✔️
Graw	DFM06/09/17	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️
Meteomodem	M10	✔️	✔️	✔️	Not Sent	❌
Meteomodem	M20	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️ (For some models)	❌
Intermet Systems	iMet-4	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Intermet Systems	iMet-54	✔️	✔️	✔️	Not Sent	❌
Lockheed Martin	LMS6-400/1680	✔️	❌	❌	❌	Not Sent
Meisei	iMS-100	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	Not Sent
Meisei	RS11G	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	Not Sent
Meteo-Radiy	MRZ-H1 (400 MHz)	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	Not Sent
Meteosis	MTS01	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	Not Sent

Support for other radiosondes may be added as required - please send us sondes to test with! If you have any information about telemetry formats, we'd love to hear from you (see our contact details below).

Improvements from the upstream RS codebase will be merged into this codebase when/where appropriate. A big thanks to rs1729 for continuing to develop and improve these decoders, and working with us to make auto_rx decode all the radiosondes!

Updates

This software is under regular development. Please update regularly to get bug-fixes and improvements!

Please consider joining the Google Group to receive updates on new software features: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/radiosonde_auto_rx

Presentations

• Linux.conf.au 2019 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBy-bXEWZeM
• UKHAS Conference 2019 - Presented via Skype which had some audio issues at the start. Slides here.

Contacts

• Mark Jessop - [email protected]
• Michaela Wheeler - [email protected]

Licensing Information

All software within this repository is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3. Refer this repositories LICENSE file for the full license text.

Radiosonde telemetry data captured via this software and uploaded into the Sondehub Database system is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA v2.0. Telemetry data uploaded into the APRS-IS network is generally considered to be released into the public domain.

By uploading data into these systems (by enabling the relevant uploaders within the station.cfg file) you as the user agree for your data to be made available under these licenses. Note that uploading to Sondehub is enabled by default.