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  • High tech falling out of the sky? Is this true? Yes, 3000 times each day around the world. And it can be a lot of fun to hunt this “fall-out.” With a LoRa module, a Raspberry Pi, and an RTL-SDR dongle. Come with me on a drive through the night. And learn how you can experience such adventures, too. Maybe with your kids?
    We will use radiosondy.info and MySondy Go.
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Komentáře • 736

  • @kissingfrogs
    @kissingfrogs Před 3 lety +149

    Meeting strangers 101: Nowhere at night, shout "Hello guy with the swiss accent" and everything will be alright.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +8

      Good idea ;-)

    • @r1273m
      @r1273m Před 3 lety +6

      Personally I would be armed with a Toblerone, just in case!
      On a serious note, do these balloons ever come into contact with aircraft?

    • @JanCiger
      @JanCiger Před 3 lety +3

      @@r1273m Not really, the launches are both coordinated with air traffic control and the balloons cross the range of altitudes where planes fly fairly quickly so the chances of a plane hitting one of these are extremely low.

    • @khashmeshab
      @khashmeshab Před 3 lety +3

      @@r1273m He is armed with his Swiss Army Knife!

    • @CptJohn
      @CptJohn Před 3 lety +2

      I'd poo violently if I ran into someone in the dark wilderness wielding a fully loading Toblerone

  • @JoshuaJayG
    @JoshuaJayG Před 3 lety +1

    14 years ago I used to chase balloons that were carrying repeaters for a telecommunication company. It took me all over New Mexico and Texas. Those are good times. The company gave me their locations and I would give them back and get a bounty for each balloon I captured. The company was called Space Data.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      This is like in the very old days when the Sheriff hunted for some bad guys! At least this is how it is shown in the films.
      I di not know they had repeaters flying around. Must have been big balloons.

    • @JoshuaJayG
      @JoshuaJayG Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess The balloons were quite large but I don't remember the exact size. The payload was 1 foot cube and had ballast as well as a parachute. The operational altitude was 60,000 feet and above. I don't know the frequency or protocol used (I wasn't interested in radio at the time) but looking back. It seemed to be 70cm or shorter wavelength. Their tracking system used GPS for location and other airborne repeaters to send the location back to a ground station. The mission was to track oil production and freight movement in areas with no other telecommunication options.

  • @dcollaud
    @dcollaud Před 3 lety +50

    Thank you Andreas for this hack of Meteo Balloon, this is very interresting and I will make my own receiver. I'm the President of the association Swiss-Strato in Lausanne and we send Balloon for school or for experimental purpose. I develop my own LoRa tracking baord. The last flight was this week and we try to measure radioactivity with a simple geiger counter. If one day you want to do you own balloon launch, fell free to contact us. We are a small team with many experiences for predicting and tracking. We will be very happy to share with you and your community the launch and the hunt.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +11

      Maybe you send me a message on Twitter or Facebook to exchange our address?

    • @oe1ffsfritz
      @oe1ffsfritz Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess Many Facebookgroups exist about Radiosonde hunting and also many Homepages how to do hunting, receivers,antennas, reprogramming sondes....
      facebook.com/groups/209109722902211
      www.qsl.net/oe1ffs/Sondenpage/Wettersonde.html
      sites.google.com/view/oe3jtb/startseite
      ....

    • @dragogrom
      @dragogrom Před 3 lety

      O

  • @AndrewsalTk
    @AndrewsalTk Před 3 lety +1

    3 months ago I saw this video, I thought that's pretty neat and ordered the equipment, within 2 weeks of then it arrived, I programmed/flashed it and awaited a day where one came close (the UK is in lockdown and we can't travel far). This morning at 5am when I woke up I had an email saying one landed within 5KM so I rushed to get ready and go, within 30 minutes I found it in a field, had the land owners permission to get it and was back in my car on the way home. It is my first catch and I am super happy with myself - thanks for making the video Andreas.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +2

      Very good! Since December the balloons here fly direction Italy. So no chances for me to get one inside the 5km range like you!

    • @AndrewsalTk
      @AndrewsalTk Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess Yeah I was definitely very lucky, usually they're at least 50KM away. Thanks for making such an informative and helpful video!

  • @innomkr
    @innomkr Před 3 lety +20

    You really made me laugh! I did not expect that you will go out in the woods at night to chase the fallen balloons! I really admire your work! You really inspire me!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +9

      Also in my age some people are still alive and want to do something ;-)

  • @coloradoken3926
    @coloradoken3926 Před 3 lety +4

    I really enjoyed this video. I remember finding a weather balloon in the early 70's while doing my 5:00AM morning newspaper delivery in Texas. It was so exciting and I will never forgot. Of course, I took it apart to inspect. In those days, a cloth bag with return postal instructions was included. I bagged up and returned the remains after a few days.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      I am not sure if this was their intention ;-) But you learned something!

  • @steveg2061
    @steveg2061 Před 3 lety +5

    Many thanks for your inspirational videos - particularly this one. After two previous unsuccessful attempts I finally recovered one. Whether climbing through hedges and wading across swollen streams is a suitable hobby for a retired gentleman only time will tell. My wife says not, but of course ...I have now tasted blood!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      Here you have to listen to your inner voice, not to your wife ;-)

  • @lucgotthard
    @lucgotthard Před 3 lety +22

    Always a pleasure to watch your videos! As a young swiss engineer, it give me a lot of ideas to try in my workshop!

  • @saxpert
    @saxpert Před 3 lety +3

    Very nice Video Andreas. When you shut off the sonde asap then you have very good AA batteries for your TV remote controller right from the near space....what is really cool.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +3

      And they work even in winter with an open window ;-)

  • @lluisllimargas2637
    @lluisllimargas2637 Před 3 lety +2

    You're a mind-reader!. Just arrived a RTL-SDR dongle, and found an old Raspi at home. Thank you Mr. Spiess. Let the chase begin...

  • @frogeye22
    @frogeye22 Před 3 lety +2

    Update -- so excited to have found our first balloon today! Only about 5 minutes hunting in an open field. I've ordered up my TTGO to get ready for the trickier ones. Excellent - many thanks Andreas!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Gla you enjoyed the hunt. Please update the database if not already done.

  • @garethwilliams8731
    @garethwilliams8731 Před 3 lety +1

    Found my first radiosonde today. Thanks for your instructions.

  • @MasseyLee
    @MasseyLee Před 2 lety +1

    Hi Andreas. Thanks for infecting me with another obsession!! I've hunted down several sondes since watching this great vid. However I've been pulling my hair out as I couldn't get more than a few metres range with my mysondy go. I just facepalmed when I realised why. I ordered a 433 mhz ttgo from Amazon months ago and I've just realised it says 915mhz on the back!! No wonder it's barely working !!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 2 lety +1

      Indeed, a good discovery! The filters on this board are made to block frequencies other than 900MHz...

    • @MasseyLee
      @MasseyLee Před 2 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess The filters are doing a pretty good job - I had to be close enough to see the sonde before it would pick up the signal. I spend so many hours trying to figure out the problem and it's such a noob error - So frustrating. I even bought a VNA to tune my antenna (Thanks to Vid #191 czcams.com/video/ZpKoLvqOWyc/video.html). Oh well it should work really well when I have the correct device !!

  • @drocles
    @drocles Před 3 lety +1

    Have had my first successful retrieval last night!! The balloon burst at 36000m and I was lucky enough to watch it hit the ground! The nice thing about my latitude and time zone is I get 2 launches during full sun (for half the year). Thanks again for the quality introduction to a fun hobby. My kids make great navigators😉

  • @MarcRidders
    @MarcRidders Před 3 lety +2

    Very entertaining video, this search for weather balloons is high tech geocaching.

  • @johnvoigt1003
    @johnvoigt1003 Před 3 lety +5

    You are the guy I wish I had for a neighbor. What great fun.

  • @HolgerBarske
    @HolgerBarske Před 3 lety +21

    Thank you Andreas for again digging a really interesting topic "around sensors and microcontrollers". The more I dive into the things you spend your time on, the more I consider to finally get this amateur radio license thing done.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +2

      I just switched my new IC-7300 HF Transceiver on. Listening to a CW contest. Interesting. And no more very complicated to get the license.
      But for the balloon hunt you do not need to have a license.

    • @HolgerBarske
      @HolgerBarske Před 3 lety +1

      @@AndreasSpiess I am aware of that. But you tend to connect me to that topic in a more general way. And as I am a Nachrichtentechnik-Ingenieur, it's perhaps kind of mandatory anyways ;-).

    • @Mapomod
      @Mapomod Před 3 lety +1

      @@AndreasSpiess Why do you need a license in this case? You are just receiving signals, not sending anything, right?

  • @Thamli
    @Thamli Před 3 lety +2

    I love explaining your videos to my 7 year old daughter. About the planets atmosphere and his different layers, air pressure and more in relation to weather balloons. Thanks

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      And maybe you hunt for a balloon with her...

  • @9A4GEMilan
    @9A4GEMilan Před 7 měsíci +1

    So far, found 2 radiosondes. Third is there somewhere in the forest, but all searches were futile. Great video anyway! Thanks!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 7 měsíci +1

      Cool! If they stopped transmitting, they are hard to find in a forest…

    • @9A4GEMilan
      @9A4GEMilan Před 7 měsíci

      @@AndreasSpiess Yes, that is true. I still have hope to find it. My friend actually heard on his walkie radiosonde, but at that day unable to go further into forest. Now, I am still trying to find it. Other two radiosondes are no problem to find, got there and by using LFA antenna, found it relatively quickly.

  • @Uncle-Duncan-Shack
    @Uncle-Duncan-Shack Před 3 lety +1

    So interesting Andreas.
    Have wondered about these devices.
    For storm analysis they fly over the cloud and chuck a bunch of dropsondes out of the plane.
    These then parachute through the storm and provide data for storm analysis.
    Radiosondes are still relied on as the best means to obtain atmospheric data, it is a crucial part of forecasts for aviation.
    Thanks for a lovely video.
    Kind regards,
    Duncan, South Africa

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      I do not know if they have such storm sondes here. But also the balloons can go quite fast. The max speed I saw without storm was 133km/h

    • @Uncle-Duncan-Shack
      @Uncle-Duncan-Shack Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess I see NASA sends drones up to drop these Sondes into the atmosphere. That's how they get the info about wind and direction on the day a rocket is being launched.

  • @AragonDubs
    @AragonDubs Před 3 lety +1

    Especial felicitación para Luciana Magnoli. Tus traducciones, además de ser correctas, tienen un incalculable valor. Muchísimas gracias Magnolia!
    And many thanks for other marvelous video Andreas! You are BIG!
    73

  • @McTroyd
    @McTroyd Před 3 lety +5

    Of course we're going to call out... it's nighttime, in a forest, and you've got a Swiss Army Knife! 😁

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +5

      And a big one!

    • @Texas1FlyBoy
      @Texas1FlyBoy Před 3 lety +1

      @@AndreasSpiess If I call out and a guy with a Swiss accent answers, I'm running the other direction! I'm in Texas, USA. :)

  • @Tahii
    @Tahii Před 2 lety

    Hi from New Zealand. I actually release RS41 sondes from Invercargill. The connector on the bottom of the board is not just for programming. Its mainly to connect to Ozone sensors for doing Ozone soundings. Before releasing the sondes, we sit them on a ground check device which powers up the sonde and sets its frequency, as well as checking all the sensors. This is all done wirelessly. The old RS91 sondes needed plugged in to start and set, but not these ones. Cheers!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 2 lety

      Thank you for the update. I knew about the ozone Sonde connection (I already found a few of them). But I did not know that it is wirelessly programmed!

  • @proudsnowtiger
    @proudsnowtiger Před 3 lety +3

    Good stuff! I used to listen to radiosondes in the southwest UK in the 1970s, when they were on 27 MHz just above the (illegal) CB band. They were analogue, of course, and I think they may even still have been using thermionic valves. The various sensors generated voltages, and a rotating motorised cam coupled them in sequence to an audio VCO which AM'd the transmitter - so there was a regular twelve note musical phrase with a regular rhythm, with the different notes drifting at different rates as the various weather parameters changed. Late at night on an otherwise dead band it was very eerie hearing this machine music drift in and out of the static as the balloon moved away. I'd love to find a recording of this, I can hear the tones so clearly in my memory.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Maybe you find somebody who still has one of those sondes somewhere in a museum...

    • @proudsnowtiger
      @proudsnowtiger Před 3 lety +2

      @@AndreasSpiess I've been looking for one for years for my colleciton of weird wireless. I even asked the UK Met Office, but no - and they were used in India until quite recently, but still no joy. I shall find one!

  • @simoncollins6650
    @simoncollins6650 Před 3 lety +3

    What A great fun video these slightly different videos Are the ones I like best. Thanks for all the work and sleepless nights . Simon

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      Glad you like them! You probably saw that I also liked the topic a lot.

  • @andrewbeasley
    @andrewbeasley Před 3 lety +1

    Just imagining ringing the good lady and having to admit I've found the ballon but lost the car!!!! Maybe I need to track the car???
    Visions of folk in the U.K. being fined £60 for meeting in fields during the night during the current lock down.
    Fascinating idea though - thanks for the video.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Fortunately we do not have a complete lockdown...

  • @kaiosswald6124
    @kaiosswald6124 Před 3 lety +1

    What a cool episode! Thanks to the Radiosondy website I just found out that balloons are taking off daily just a few kilometers from my home in the north of Stuttgart, Germany.

  • @georgem4713
    @georgem4713 Před rokem

    9:13 "I found a small hole in the fence", proceeds to cut the hole with pliers... Nice video Andreas, you are the inspiration for me to start a weather balloon hunt. Cheers from Greece.

  • @ollyklassen4534
    @ollyklassen4534 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks to this guide, i will make my own tracker, thank you. There is a realistic change that we meet while hunting. I am from Maisprach :-)

  • @paulalmquist5683
    @paulalmquist5683 Před 3 lety

    That was fun. I was in the ham radio club when in college 50+ years ago. I remember doing some hidden transmitter hunts with portable receivers and little yagi antennas. You are doing a high tech version of the same thing. However it was easier for us flat landers in the USA and we did not put the transmitters high in trees. i enjoy your channel. Good work, well organized, well presented.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Technology changed a little over the last 50 years ;-) And I enjoy the today's possibilities!

  • @andrekroth
    @andrekroth Před 3 lety +2

    Sehr schöne Idee und wieder unglaublich lustig und unterhaltsam. Danke, Typ mit dem schweizer Akzent :)

  • @stephane-eymericbredthauer6843

    Nice Volvo 😉

  • @sausagehider
    @sausagehider Před 3 lety +1

    Even cooler. I got a 3rd one today.
    See what you have started. Haha
    Nice afternoon drive just 10km and short walk in a field.
    Came up against a ditch with stream at just 26m away and had to go all the way round. Haha.
    MySondey Go is brilliant and finding them.
    P4110318

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Very good! Here we did not have any balloons for months. Wrong wind direction...

  • @CptJohn
    @CptJohn Před 3 lety +1

    Oh. P.S. I wanted to let you know that The balloons that drop in the USA carry a prepaid postage bag with them so you can mail them back if found. They just say to keep the batteries. lol

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      You have to save now, I assume. After all the tax cuts ;-)

  • @GlennHamblin
    @GlennHamblin Před 3 lety +2

    Wow, you have inspired me to try to find a radiosonde or three! Thanks!

  • @prim7342
    @prim7342 Před 2 lety

    Your chase and hunt at night is thrilling... Cheers! Please stay safe. Best wishes for many more adventures!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 2 lety +1

      Indeed, I still remember this nicht. Now I am already at #14 (balloons found)...

  • @catcam
    @catcam Před 3 lety +1

    Great project !!!! Thanks for that dear Andreas !!! Stay safe.

  • @mattebuebt
    @mattebuebt Před 3 lety +1

    Sehr cool, mein Jagdinstinkt ist geweckt :-) Ich habe auf dem APRS Netzwerk schon ab und zu Meldungen auf 144.8 empfangen. 73 Tom HB3YSB

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Das waren vermutlich private Ballone. Es fliegen ja einige Selbstbauprojekte... 73 de HB9BLA

  • @szgyorgy4402
    @szgyorgy4402 Před 3 lety

    Friend and I caught our first sonde (RS92) almost 6 years ago. Got very lucky because at that time I did not know you'd have to fox hunt for the signal. Literally retrieved hundreds of radiosondes ever since. However, with these simple finding devices it has become very easy to chase sondes and there are now too many hunters in my area. It's simply not worth bothering about, unless the sonde falls on my doorstep. I miss the days when friend and I were crawling around in the dark, with a Yagi TV antenna in one hand, and a laptop in the other.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      I can imagine that this was more complicated and needed more skills back then.

  • @chuxxsss
    @chuxxsss Před 3 lety +1

    Looks like fun.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      Yes, it is. I just made a connection to Heathmont, Victoria on 20m Amateur Radio :-)

  • @stephang5671
    @stephang5671 Před 3 lety +1

    Always good entertainment in bed on Sunday morning. Puts a smile on wife‘s face :-) She didn‘t hear you for a while but today she did. She thinks you improved your English!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Say her hello and thank you for the compliment!

  • @barryjreid
    @barryjreid Před 3 lety +2

    Always love your videos!

  • @electronic7979
    @electronic7979 Před 3 lety +2

    Excellent 👏👏👏

  • @papablopapapablo8123
    @papablopapapablo8123 Před 3 lety +7

    What does your wife says when you run, in the night, telling her you are going to persue balloons will return with some latex? 🤣🤣🤣

  • @mysomervda
    @mysomervda Před 3 lety +5

    Great video, I love it when I find out about something I didn't know "was a thing". I'm not sure if I would try this in the US, I may get shot.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      I do not know. Two US sites are also covered on radiosondy

  • @JL-tv4eu
    @JL-tv4eu Před 3 lety

    Interesting, Good Luck.

  • @tugdual9618
    @tugdual9618 Před 3 lety +1

    Your videos are so inspirational!!! Can't wait to reuse these as party balloons!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      You hardly find intact ones. Most explode :-(

  • @daskasspatzle2396
    @daskasspatzle2396 Před 3 lety

    Now the only thing left to do is get a balloon much higher than 40 km and find some curvature...
    I guess we have enough distance to not meet at night ;-)
    And i probably would shout something bulgarian here.
    Good luck with the next ones ;-)

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      You are right. The reach seems to be in the 100km. And it seems there is only one receiving station in Bugaria...

  • @jorgefernandez4812
    @jorgefernandez4812 Před 3 lety +1

    Die Luftballons in der Region Bodensee gehören mir! :P

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +2

      Du musst einfach früher aufstehen als die andern ;-)

  • @DarronBirgenheier
    @DarronBirgenheier Před 2 lety

    What a great hobby!

  • @frogeye22
    @frogeye22 Před 3 lety +1

    Wow, what a great fun project - thanks for sharing with us.

  • @andrewtitcombe8378
    @andrewtitcombe8378 Před 3 lety +1

    Loving this topic/ it's like Hi tech geocaching. Already have the kit from previous projects to start hunting. Would be a good addition to the firmware to have a frequency scan feature. within the app for the TTGO. as at the moment i have to open SQ6KXY web page to check what is local to me and tune the TTGO to the frequency via the companion app. Would be great to have the TTGO running in frequency scan mode and once it locks on to a Sonde. pulses the led on GPIO25. of which i would attach a an active sounder to alert me of a passing weather balloon. So i could boot up a PC to find it's expected trajectory. Lazy i know. But a balloon passing near is a rare event. This is a big ask as the firmware is a BIN file and is not open source.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +2

      I look at the prediction for the next week to decide what to do. And as soon as the balloon is started you know its frequency. Scanning would probably increase the complexity. For example, if you receive more then one signal.

  • @mickgatz214
    @mickgatz214 Před 3 lety

    Very interesting work there, Andreas.
    Might just look into this projekt myself.....,
    Greetz von Australia. :)

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      It is a lot of fun. Recently I found three additional balloons. The winds were blowing in our direction…

  • @wernaldo82
    @wernaldo82 Před 3 lety +2

    I enjoyed this video! Thank you for this great information. I tasted blood, too! :D

  • @mattdrat3087
    @mattdrat3087 Před 3 lety +1

    Fun project! Thanks!

  • @rainergerhardt5029
    @rainergerhardt5029 Před 3 lety +1

    Andreas, vielen Dank für deinen interessanten Beitrag.
    Jetzt werde ich wieder viel Geld ausgeben😀 Aber gerne.

  • @pulesjet
    @pulesjet Před 3 lety

    Growing up in Arizona as a avid hunter and motorcycle rider I happened onto two of the old school sounds. They used battery piles soaked in salt water to power them.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Now they use Lithium batteries I do not know which one is better...

    • @pulesjet
      @pulesjet Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess I think they used what was cheap back then. Disposable. They never expected to get them back.

  • @Nordbier
    @Nordbier Před 3 lety +1

    Very entertaining episode!

  • @sanityd1
    @sanityd1 Před 3 lety

    I'm all for weather balloon hunters the world over yelling "hello guy with the swiss accent" as a pass phrase. :)

  • @marksterling8286
    @marksterling8286 Před 3 lety +1

    Wonderful video I am going to build my ground station today. Thank you for a lovely video

  • @azback001
    @azback001 Před 3 lety

    This was a very fun video, best regards from Perú

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Glad you enjoyed it! In the meantime I found another one :-)

  • @moritzheintze7615
    @moritzheintze7615 Před 3 lety

    Hi, last Fall your video inspired me to order a LoRa Board and build the MySondyGO. Two days ago, I successfully recovered my first RS41. During the preparations I found out that here in the "Dreiländereck" F-CH-D we do not have ballons coming in so often. And those which are coming have travelled a long way in stormy weather and predictions are unreliable.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Congratulations! You have to be patient. The winds will be better one time. You can have a look at the history of balloons from Payerne ( radiosondy.info/maps/web_map.php?kml=1&search_limit=10000&startplace=Payerne%20(CH) ).

  • @wjn777
    @wjn777 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for this very interesting video, now I've added this to my bucket list as well

  • @MarionMakarewicz
    @MarionMakarewicz Před 3 lety

    Talk about fresh idee-ers in sensors and microcontrollers. This is the best! Thank you Andreas.

  • @randomguy3784
    @randomguy3784 Před rokem

    Great video as always.
    Highly informative and highly entertaining!

  • @raguaviva
    @raguaviva Před 3 lety

    You are more fun and enthusiastic than many people my age!

  • @philstrons
    @philstrons Před 3 lety

    Thanks for the inspiration! I retrieved my first radiosonde a few days ago. Great fun!

  • @sausagehider
    @sausagehider Před 3 lety

    Very interesting. I have heard them many times over the years but never realised what they were. A very distinctive sound.
    Tried to register this morning, but maybe the whole of Europe is trying to register at the same time. The site was very slow to load and now not working at all for me. Looks like you sparked a great interest.
    Edit: It's working now, all registered. Now to start building.

  • @Beatfreak19831
    @Beatfreak19831 Před 3 lety +1

    Very interesting hobby, must say I am considering to join. Thanks Andreas for another very interesting video!

  • @michaelmecham3477
    @michaelmecham3477 Před 3 lety +1

    9:37 I think he may have misunderstood the article or he has an awesome sense of humor. I AM DYING

  • @umutk5614
    @umutk5614 Před 3 lety

    Very interesting, i will look into that topic. I learn many things from your videos. Thanks Andreas.

  • @kenkramer6529
    @kenkramer6529 Před 3 lety

    Excellent!

  • @rickharold7884
    @rickharold7884 Před 2 lety

    That’s awesome

  • @fvrank
    @fvrank Před 3 lety

    Whaha As a nerd not interested in latex but in in the radiosonde. will remember that one

  • @88njtrigg88
    @88njtrigg88 Před 3 lety +27

    9:38 I don't generally give advice, however...stay away from "latex lovers."

    • @TheWebstaff
      @TheWebstaff Před 3 lety +4

      @@88njtrigg88
      As we learnt from the James Bond film.
      Just remember to leave some part of you uncovered and you'll be fine.

    • @dinoscheidt
      @dinoscheidt Před 3 lety +2

      I was like “what? Did he say that..? Rewind... Rewind”

  • @G7LWT
    @G7LWT Před 3 lety

    Very interesting - thanks for creating and sharing - 73

  • @PhG1961
    @PhG1961 Před 3 lety +2

    Waw, this is a really cool project. I'll look into to building a device myself ! Sounds interesting ! As usual...

  • @zukjeff
    @zukjeff Před 3 lety

    " geday Mate , this one's mine ;^)". Another inspiring video Andreas , i love a 'fox hunt'. thanx for the idea.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Good luck finding one or more of them!

    • @zukjeff
      @zukjeff Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess I am surprised there isn't a requirement to return the payloads.

  • @anpr
    @anpr Před 3 lety

    Thank you. Ordered the TTGo boards. Plan to try it out. You have a drink waiting for you in SG.

  • @haffolderhaus
    @haffolderhaus Před 3 lety

    I am ready! 🤣The Latex-Joke killed me! Informational and funny! 👍👍👍

  • @zenitzenit9053
    @zenitzenit9053 Před 3 lety +1

    Das ist so verrückt und so genial 😁👍

  • @coderdojoAN
    @coderdojoAN Před 3 lety

    Loved the video. Very nicely done!!!!!

  • @Alan_UK
    @Alan_UK Před 3 lety

    3000 a day! - what a lot of pollution :( So I'm please Andreas that you are inspiring others to hunt them down :) An interesting video - thank you.

  • @spicesmuggler2452
    @spicesmuggler2452 Před rokem

    This is better than treasure hunting

  • @sausagehider
    @sausagehider Před 3 lety

    Don't know if you monitor old video comment but just got my second Radiosonde.
    This time it was not in the middle of the night in pouring rain and I didn't have to leave my car.
    Found in the middle of a field fairly easy to access.
    S2721602
    I quickly re-programmed my TinyGS with the 'MySondy GO' firmware and away I went.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Cool. Here we have no sondes for months. Not the right wind direction...

    • @geoffroberts1126
      @geoffroberts1126 Před 2 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess I'm in mid north of South Australia. Same problem, they only launch regularly from Adelaide (225km) and occasionally from Woomera, very rarely from the Proof Range (Artillery testing) around 150km away. Used to launch from Ceduna now and then but it's not even on the list anymore. Nearest one's dropped (over a year ago) was about 50km south and some other around Clare (about 100km east), most wind up going east or south east well away from me. If I lived around Tailem Bend or Cambrai I'd have a boxful of them by now.

  • @cqhamchik
    @cqhamchik Před 3 lety +1

    Very interesting, thanks!

  • @DanielRamos-zf2pw
    @DanielRamos-zf2pw Před 3 lety +1

    No tracking station in Portugal!! Will change that asap so you guys can have some fun when coming for vacation.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      I see one in Lisboa (CS5LAS). But a second one is probably not bad for such a big country...

    • @DanielRamos-zf2pw
      @DanielRamos-zf2pw Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess I Live in Peniche about 80Km's to the North, so it will help with probes that will move further north.

  • @DanielaTocan
    @DanielaTocan Před 3 lety +1

    Mal wieder wunderschön.
    Andreas gehört zwar nicht zum Thema aber hast Du schon mal Midi Mapping gemacht. Da könnte man wunderbare Weihnachtsprojekte machen mit Projektionen an Häuserwände und Lampensteuerungen.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Nein. Da ich kein Instrument spiele ist mir Midi nicht geläufig.

    • @DanielaTocan
      @DanielaTocan Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess es geht nicht um Musik. Sondern darum Midi Controller zu Mappen. Wenn Du so willst zum Steuern zweckzuentfremden.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Ich hab nun mal "Midi Mapping" gegoogled, aber leider nicht viel sinnvolles gefunden. Da ich aber nicht der "Weihnachtstyp" bin müsste ich sowieso einen andern Zweck dafür finden...

    • @DanielaTocan
      @DanielaTocan Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess Hi es geht nicht nur um Weihnachten. Midi Controler sind überall da zu finden wo etwas in Programmen gesteuert wird. Du hattest ja Mal einen günstigen und Qualitativ hochwertigen Drehregler gesucht. Die findest Du besser in den Robusten Reglern der Musikindustrie. Midi Controller gibt es ab 30-40 Euro. Ich habe den Akai APC40 MK 2 der kann Lichter steuern aber auch jede Menge anderes. Das Interessante ist, dass er Maus ersetzt aber gleichzeitig zum Beispiel bei Rädern eben gleichzeitig agiert. Das geht bis zu 3 oder 4 Trackbälle die eben gerade wenn etwas sehr fein und genau eingestellt werden müss sehr elegant ist.
      Protokolle auf Midi aufbauend wie DMX, HUI OSC Mackie spielen da eine Rolle. prinzipiell sind Streamdeck oder auch die ganzen Touch-Player Funktionen dann später auf dem Tablett interessant.
      Einstieg ist zum Beispiel hier. Er steuert Lampen und Beleuchtung.
      czcams.com/video/VwfY3mMXWxc/video.html
      Das ganze geht dann über serielle Schnittstelle raus. Mein Midi Keyboard für das ich in der Bucht gebraucht 1 € bezahlt habe kann gemappt werden, wie jedes Midigerät, das einen Controler eingebaut hat. Du kannst offiziell 127 serielle Schnittstellen definieren. Aber das ist nur die Spitze des Eisberges. Der Vorteil ist es gibt robuste Hardware zum günstigen Preis. Hast Du Makros definiert reicht ein Knopfdruck.
      Beispiel von Tangente gibt es eine App gratis für Android und iOS Tablets ab 7'
      Die ist gratis aber nur für eine Stunde am Tag. Aber die App kostet unbegrenzt 8€.
      Tangent Elements - VS
      Letztlich ist das Midi Mapping. Du kannst damit jede Software Mappen. Hat es einen Drehregler den Du per Maus bedienen willst geht es ja noch. Sind es aber 2 gleichzeitig wird es problematisch.
      Auf dem iPad hast Du den Bildschirm genau definiert. Was aber bei solchen Lösungen im Gegensatz zur Hardware fehlt ist die Haptik.
      Es gibt vorgefertigte Sachen. Fehlt etwas mappst Du selbst.
      www.tangentwave.co.uk/applications/
      Viele kaufen sich ein Loopedeck 500.- und sind aber relativ unflexibel. Ich habe mir einen Beatstep gekauft mit dem ich ab und zu mein Sounddesign mache und lerne so nebenbei Deine Themen wie LFO, Oszillator, Trigger etc am praktischen Beispiel.

  • @julimaker4594
    @julimaker4594 Před 3 lety +1

    Muy interesante el proyecto.Gracias por compartir

  • @liudan.Daniel
    @liudan.Daniel Před 3 lety

    very good

  • @pycrocoding
    @pycrocoding Před 3 lety

    Absolutely fascinating

  • @Fifury161
    @Fifury161 Před 3 lety

    Looks like you had fun! Sadly I don't think there are any near me...

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Yes, I had a lot of fun. Maybe you are closer during your holidays.

  • @roobertssuccess
    @roobertssuccess Před 3 lety

    Danke für das Video Andreas. Hatten heute viel Spaß und den ersten Fund bei Stuttgart!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Super!

    • @roobertssuccess
      @roobertssuccess Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess Hallo Andreas, ich habe ein kleines update für alle neuen sondensucher: www.p1337.synology.me/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=public:wettersonden Ich habe für alle iOS Nutzer eine Möglichkeit gefunden und dokumentiert, wie man die Position auf iOS Geräten darstellen kann. Darüberhinaus gibts ein Gehäuse für den TTGO mit großem Display, welches ich zum download bereitstelle. Danke nochmal, für Dein Video. Hatten schon echt viel Spaß in den letzten Wochen!

  • @rohnkd4hct260
    @rohnkd4hct260 Před 3 lety

    Veery inferesting

  • @deBorkee
    @deBorkee Před 3 lety

    Mensch, so many cool projects, so little time 😣 you are prolonging my Bucketlist Quote a bit, Mr Swissguy 🤨😁

  • @TZ500J
    @TZ500J Před 3 lety +3

    100% I will try this out!
    All the best from Rapperswil and thanks a lot for another great video

  • @TI_Ted
    @TI_Ted Před 3 lety +1

    the world's favourite engineer

  • @craigpalmer9196
    @craigpalmer9196 Před 3 lety +1

    cool

  • @ManuelLausmann-Funktechnik

    Very nice video of the radio probes chasing. I have a lot of fun to find probes. Thanks for the link to my channel ;-)

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      German viewers sometimes for German content. And you explain very similar things!

    • @ManuelLausmann-Funktechnik
      @ManuelLausmann-Funktechnik Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess Many thanks. It's a nice hobby that we have. I can highly recommend that. Hopefully this will make the community bigger :-)

  • @tomschl
    @tomschl Před 3 lety

    Thanks for the great Project. The TTGO was ready in about one hour. I have always some in Stock since FossaSat. After receiving the new SDR Stick the Raspi TOMSC2-14 is online since 2020-11-16 13:26:04z. Building and tuning a Groundplane helped to track some Sondes. The hunt was not successful so far.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      Perfect. I am sure you will be successful with your equipment!

    • @tomschl
      @tomschl Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess and all knowledge from your channel - thx!