[Vk5-wx-sonde] Marking old sondes as recovered

[Mark Jessop]

You can enter those yourself if you want :-P

I'm currently going through my old twitter posts adding in ones that i've
missed...

73
Mark

On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 7:25 PM Steve via Vk5-wx-sonde <
vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:

> U want the numbers for the remaining 37 in the rafters ????
> it could fill up the map for a while.
>
> I went out and picked one up from a stubble paddock today , lucky , it
> must have landed just after the header went thru.
>
> Steve
>
> On Fri, 07 Jan 2022 17:18:11 +1030, Mark Jessop via Vk5-wx-sonde <
> vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all!
>
> (yes, this list still exists! I think)
>
> If you haven't seen it, sondehub now has a 'historical launches' feature.
> There's info on how to use this here:
> https://github.com/projecthorus/sondehub-tracker/wiki/SondeHub-Tracker-User-Guide#historical-launch-site-data
>
> If you have a pile of old radiosondes in the corner of the shack and are
> feeling really bored, you might consider going and marking them as
> recovered on the tracker.
>
> To do this:
> 1. Open the tracker (tracker.sondehub.org)
> 2. Type the sonde's serial number into the search box at the top left. If
> the sonde is in the Sondehub database, then its track information will show
> up. If there's nothing on the map within maybe 20 seconds then the sonde
> might pre-date the Sondehub database (which started mid 2018). I've found
> that the N-series RS41s are a bit hit-and-miss in this regard. P/R/S/T
> sondes are usually OK, with some R-series sondes missing for some reason.
> 3. If the sonde shows up, open the chase car tab.
> 4. Enter your callsign up the top of the chase car tab.
> 5. Down the bottom of the tab, enter the sondes serial number, check that
> 'Recovery success' is set
> 6. Put in some notes if you want, if you can remember what happened at the
> recovery! Otherwise just put in something like 'Catching up on historical
> sondes'.
> 7. Complete the Re-Capcha ('I am not a robot'), then click submit.
>
> Repeat the above from step 2 for all the sondes you have! You will have to
> re-do the re-capcha every now and again.
>
> I've just gone through all of my collection, including the ones Steve
> VK5ST gave me a few months ago.
>
> 73
> Mark VK5QI
>
>
>
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