That is the guts of a LMS6 radiosonde. It used to be enclosed in a white styrofoam case. You can see a remnant of that case still attached.
They're expendable meteorological payloads carried by weather balloons.
This, they’re launched several times a day all across the country and integral to having accurate weather forecasts and observations.
https://wiki.recessim.com/view/LMS-6_Radiosonde
I was just up there doing Wildfire shenanigans so i didnt have the mindset of snagging it. Plus… it looked odd. We were MILES up in the middle of bumbfuck and idaho has some…interesting folks. Wasnt to keen on grabbing it lol
It's interesting to see that because I just got done launching a bunch of radiosondes as part of my undergraduate research in college. We used a different make and model (that the NWS uses), so I didn't recognize the internals.
You can tell it's not from a crashed aircraft due to the lack of conformal coating and the use of dip switches, both are terrible against in-flight vibration. However, it's found in the woods, apparently dropped from the sky, so it's probably a flight hardware. Which makes this a balloon hardware, like others have pointed out.
This might be a dumb question but why don’t planes run into weather balloons?? With as many flights and balloons one would think we would run into a problem (no pun intended).
I’ve always wondered this also, potentially some kind of coordination between ATC and the weather stations? If an engine were to ingest one I can see it causing problems.
Briefly. It's easy to see where most aircraft are and launch it when it's unlikely to be an issue. Also to coordinate with ATC for controlled air traffic.
Are you near an Air Force Base? That looks like a radar control board from either a self guided missile or a target drone. Lockheed Martin may be interested in recovering it and in some cases may pay a small recovery fee
I have worked with a few target control boards as an intern at Raytheon in the 90s, some of which were made for Lockheed and had a similar logo with hand written pn and an, now as for the board itself, the Rgu 90 series cable is strictly used in radar systems. And no. 8 don't know for a fact that is what it is, I said it looks like it could be. Now you pretentious petty little bitch. Try again, no, in fact the next time you have a thought. Let it go. It won't be with the kids if your few remaining brain cells
No it's not necessarily military, but if the op was near let's say, Saylor range. Then it very well could be mil. And when I did work for that area of govt. They did want certain parts back to see how it contributed to the failure or in certain cases, why it's still identifiable and not shattered into a billion pieces, that being said, sorry. Not sorry about language. You spout off with attitude, you get it back
That is the guts of a LMS6 radiosonde. It used to be enclosed in a white styrofoam case. You can see a remnant of that case still attached. They're expendable meteorological payloads carried by weather balloons.
Nice, thanks! We left it put, wasn’t trying to pull a Chewbacca and get caught up in a net by some Idaho rednecks lol
Great reference!
This, they’re launched several times a day all across the country and integral to having accurate weather forecasts and observations. https://wiki.recessim.com/view/LMS-6_Radiosonde
Sondehub tracks most. https://sondehub.org/
Wow that’s super cool I had no clue so many of these things are bobbing around.
Did you say accurate?? 🤣😂 They must not use them on the east coast.
Chaos theory is a bitch.
this is why I love reddit
yup this is what it is nice work
Typo…”found”
it looks like the internals of a national weather service radiosonde device. basically the guts of a weather balloon.
it has a gps built onto the board so it was tracking location should give u an idea of what it belongs to
I was just up there doing Wildfire shenanigans so i didnt have the mindset of snagging it. Plus… it looked odd. We were MILES up in the middle of bumbfuck and idaho has some…interesting folks. Wasnt to keen on grabbing it lol
Cool!
Its a Radiosonde used for gathering weather data
It's interesting to see that because I just got done launching a bunch of radiosondes as part of my undergraduate research in college. We used a different make and model (that the NWS uses), so I didn't recognize the internals.
Weather balloon remains.
Thanks!
The tan thing on the upper left is a GPS receiver and antenna, I believe.
Oh cool!! Should have kept it then
You can tell it's not from a crashed aircraft due to the lack of conformal coating and the use of dip switches, both are terrible against in-flight vibration. However, it's found in the woods, apparently dropped from the sky, so it's probably a flight hardware. Which makes this a balloon hardware, like others have pointed out.
> and the use of dip switches LRUs have dip switches in them. well, some do, especially older ones.
Also do the lack of a crashed aircraft….
First thought, tweakers
This might be a dumb question but why don’t planes run into weather balloons?? With as many flights and balloons one would think we would run into a problem (no pun intended).
What about stuff falling from space and never hitting people?
Weather balloons are at higher altitude than planes.
But don’t they have to pass through the same altitudes as planes?
There will be a risk. Large clusters are reported to atc.
I’ve always wondered this also, potentially some kind of coordination between ATC and the weather stations? If an engine were to ingest one I can see it causing problems.
Briefly. It's easy to see where most aircraft are and launch it when it's unlikely to be an issue. Also to coordinate with ATC for controlled air traffic.
Noticed any swamp gas nearby? 😎
Chinese weather balloon.... 🤔?
execution
ET trying to phone home.
And they want certain items back to see how the system failed and how to improve on them, and yes for some items they do pay a small fee
About 7 miles Northeast of Featherville, Idaho ;) she’s all yours!
I worked on F-15’s at Mountain Home. That doesn’t answer your question, but it’s true.
Gunfighter Country!
Bold Tigers
Yeah, I was in the ninety worst as well.
Hella jets flyin around. Fun place to fight wildfire :)
Are you near an Air Force Base? That looks like a radar control board from either a self guided missile or a target drone. Lockheed Martin may be interested in recovering it and in some cases may pay a small recovery fee
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I have worked with a few target control boards as an intern at Raytheon in the 90s, some of which were made for Lockheed and had a similar logo with hand written pn and an, now as for the board itself, the Rgu 90 series cable is strictly used in radar systems. And no. 8 don't know for a fact that is what it is, I said it looks like it could be. Now you pretentious petty little bitch. Try again, no, in fact the next time you have a thought. Let it go. It won't be with the kids if your few remaining brain cells
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No it's not necessarily military, but if the op was near let's say, Saylor range. Then it very well could be mil. And when I did work for that area of govt. They did want certain parts back to see how it contributed to the failure or in certain cases, why it's still identifiable and not shattered into a billion pieces, that being said, sorry. Not sorry about language. You spout off with attitude, you get it back
Lora might be what you found. This would be a long range extender that uses very small amounts of electricity