[Vk5-wx-sonde] Radar reflector orientation

Bev M Ewen-Smith info at coaa.pt
Thu Feb 13 19:51:14 PST 2020


On 14/02/2020 03:36, Mark Jessop via Vk5-wx-sonde wrote:
> Yes, usually the pointing end is usually facing down!.......
> I take it you found the balloon remnants attached on the pointy end?
>
Hi Mark,

Yes, the balloon remains were attached to the pointy end and the 
radiosonde string was dangling from the middle of the flat side.

Perhaps I should re-analyse the data record to see if there are two 
distinct rates of descent depending on which way up it was!

Regards
Bev





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