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README.md

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 # hab-wspr
 
-* Add balloon-data in webscrape.py
-* Add aprs-is user in sonde_to_aprs.py
+## High altittude ballon tracking via WSPR
 
-run python3 webscrape.py
+The software webscrapes data from wsprnet.org, filter out calls from the balloons and decode additional telemetry.
+
+The protocol for the telemetry is described here:
+
+https://qrp-labs.com/flights/s4.html
+
+
+# Installation
+
+  git clone https://github.com/sm3ulc/hab-wspr
+
+The package requires some extra modules that need to be installed via pip or similar
+
+    apt install python-httplib2 python-requests
+
+# Configuration
+
+Edit balloon.ini and add aprs-is user, callsigns, balloons etc
+
+
+To run:
+
+   python3 webscrape.py

telemetry.py

@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3.6
 
 from base64 import b64encode
-from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 import csv
 import datetime
 from datetime import datetime,timedelta
-import datetime
 import gzip
-from hashlib import sha256
 import httplib2
 import json
 import re
@@ -17,7 +14,6 @@ import sys
 import time
 
 import maidenhead
-# from maidenhead import toLo
 
 from balloon import *
 from sonde_to_aprs import * 
@@ -25,14 +21,8 @@ from sonde_to_aprs import *
 # Power to decimal conversion table 
 pow2dec = {0:0,3:1,7:2,10:3,13:4,17:5,20:6,23:7,27:8,30:9,33:10,37:11,40:12,43:13,47:14,50:15,53:16,57:17,60:18}
 
-# habhub_callsign = "SM4ULC"
 balloons = config['main']['habhub_callsign']
 
-# push_habhub = False
-# push_aprs = False
-
-
-
 def trim(spots):
     # Clean out old spots
     if len(spots) > 0:

webscrape.py

@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 # port urllib3
 
 import configparser
+import csv
 import datetime
 import re
 import requests
-from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-import csv
 import sqlite3
 import sys
 import time