DIYDrones article about 'Radiosonds'

[Spike (Chris Foote)]

Interesting article about 'Radiosondes' (well 'Raidosonde' but who's
counting ;-) ) on DIYDrones
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/gps-preamp-for-sdr

Including nice picture of Quadrifilar Helicoidal (QFR) antenna :)
#AntennaPr0n

Spike

[MikeB]

I understand that the University of Hertfordshire have developed add-on instrumentation that works with standard met radiosonde payloads and associated automated tracking network.  Certainly a low cost way to achieve gps tracking and transmit telemetry data, but only at low data rates.

MikeB