I'd like to give a big thanks to the contributors that helped out with all the changes in this release! Big shout-outs to @argilo, @ke5gdb, @snh, @bddvlpr, and of course @rs1729 !
The big change this release is the addition of full support for ka9q-radio server! This provides a completely open-source way that stations can decode every sonde in their receive passband at once, with less CPU usage than Spyserver. This has been a long time coming, and I'd really like to thank @ke5gdb, @argilo , and of course Phil Karn, @ka9q for making this possible!
Right now we can support operation with ka9q-radio using Airspy Mini and Airspy R2 SDRs. It's now possible to monitor the entire radiosonde band with an Airspy R2 and a RPi 4, and monitor most of the band (5 MHz of it) with an Airspy Mini.
Support for using RTLSDRs may come in the future, though we really recommend using a wide-band SDR like the Airspy.
Check out the KA9Q-Radio Setup Notes wiki page for more information on this functionality.
Please note that as KA9Q-Radio is still a bit of a 'moving target', we will be continuing to update auto_rx as new updates and features become available.
There are also many other changes and improvements in this release, including:
- Decoders: Rebased all decoders to the latest from rs1729's repository.
- Decoders: Fix to an issue where auto_rx would crash if both ephemeris and almanac data could not be obtained when starting a RS92 decoder.
- Docker images: Updated to Debian bookworm as a base, numerous improvements to build process. (Thanks @snh !)
- 'Payload Summary' UDP output: More telemetry data has been added to these UDP packets.
- 'Payload Summary' UDP output: The target hostname for these packets can now be set, with the default still being broadcast. (Thanks @bddvlpr !)
- Rotator Control: Added azimuth-only rotator control option
- Rotator Control: Some rotator controls now added to the web interface (Thanks @ke5gdb !)
- Web Interface: Many fixes and improvements to the web interface, including fixing the map centring issues, making the frequency scales cleaner, log file loading improvements, and much more! (Thanks @argilo !)
- Web Interface: Removed decimation of scan plot data. Please let me know if you experience any web interface performance issues because of this.
- Web Interface: Improved representation of multiple receiver 'slots', particularly useful when using KA9Q or SpyServer (Thanks @argilo !)
The pre-built Docker Image is now the recommended way to setup radiosonde_auto_rx on a new station. Using Docker avoids issues with updates to dependencies, and allows for fixes relating to system packages to be easily pushed out to users.
Please report any problems encountered either on the mailing list, or by raising an issue on this repository. We also now have a Discord server: https://sondehub.org/go/discord
PLEASE DO NOT USE THE GITHUB GENERATED RELEASE ZIP FILES - USE THE INSTALLATION/UPDATE STEPS DESCRIBED IN THE WIKI
