Are there archived audio or telemetry logs from independent observers available online, and where can they be accessed?
Executive summary
Archived audio editions of local independent outlets (for example The Sacramento Observer’s weekly “This Week’s OBSERVER – Audio Edition”) are available on publisher sites as downloadable or streamable episodes [1] [2] [3] [4]. Separately, independent telemetry logs—meaning machine-generated flight/vehicle/robot logs—are usually produced and stored by Ground Control Station software and by standards like OpenTelemetry; guidance and viewers are available from projects such as OpenTelemetry and ArduPilot/Mission Planner documentation [5] [6] [7].
1. Where archived audio from independent news outlets can be found — local publishers publish audio editions
Many independent papers publish curated audio editions of their weekly roundups; for example The Sacramento Observer posts recurring “This Week’s OBSERVER – Audio Edition” entries (October–November 2025) on its website where each week’s audio edition is offered alongside the newsletter summary [1] [2] [3] [4] [8]. These pages function as the primary archive for that publisher’s audio content and are the first place a researcher or listener should look [8].
2. Where telemetry logs from independent observers are typically archived — device and standards sites
Telemetry in the technical sense—MAVLink tlogs, DataFlash logs, and similar files produced by autopilots and ground stations—are created and stored by ground-station software like Mission Planner, MAVProxy and QGroundControl; documentation explains that these tools record telemetry to files such as mav.tlog or DataFlash .bin and that users can replay and inspect those files locally [6] [7]. These archives are usually user-local (on the operator’s machine or the vehicle’s SD card) unless the operator exports them to a public repository [6] [7].
3. Standards and tools for collecting, processing and publishing telemetry logs
OpenTelemetry is the established open-source framework for collecting telemetry (logs, traces, metrics) from software systems; its documentation explains APIs, collectors, and how telemetry is normalized, enriched, and exported to backends for storage and analysis [5] [9]. For organizations wanting a repeatable pipeline for telemetry storage and public access, OpenTelemetry Collector and exporters are the documented route to standardize collection and push logs to chosen backends [5] [10].
4. Practical viewers and utilities referenced in reporting
If you already have raw telemetry logs, community tools exist to read and analyze them: for radio/RC telemetry, the Spektrum Telemetry Log File Viewer lets users open and review Spektrum transmitter logs [11]. For MAVLink-based systems, Mission Planner and related ground control software include log playback and viewer features documented in ArduPilot/Mission Planner guides [6] [7]. Those are the typical immediate-access tools to inspect archived telemetry files [11] [6].
5. What the sources do not say — gaps and implied steps to get public archives
Available sources do not mention centralized public repositories that aggregate independent observers’ telemetry logs or universal public archives for such machine telemetry; reporting shows local/organizational publishing (news audio) and technical pipelines (OpenTelemetry, GCS logging) but does not describe a single public index where independent telemetry logs from multiple observers are archived for public download [1] [5] [6]. For audio, publishers’ websites are the archive; for machine telemetry, the data usually remains with operators unless they explicitly export or host it [8] [7].
6. How to proceed if you want access — clear steps grounded in the sources
- For independent news audio: go to the publisher’s site and their weekly roundup or audio pages (e.g., The Sacramento Observer’s “This Week’s OBSERVER – Audio Edition” pages) to stream or download episodes [1] [8].
- For telemetry logs: ask the vehicle/operator for their saved mav.tlog or DataFlash files (Mission Planner/MAVProxy/QGroundControl save them locally), then open them with Mission Planner, MAVProxy, or specialized viewers described in the docs [6] [7].
- For building an archival pipeline: instrument apps with OpenTelemetry SDKs and send logs through an OpenTelemetry Collector to your chosen storage/export backend [5] [9].
7. Conflicting viewpoints and hidden agendas to watch for
Publisher-hosted audio archives reflect the outlet’s editorial selection and may omit raw source materials; The Sacramento Observer frames its audio as curated weekly highlights [8]. Telemetry frameworks like OpenTelemetry are vendor-neutral projects promoted by the observability community—useful for standardization—but running collectors and pushing data to a backend requires resources and trust choices about who hosts the stored logs [5] [10]. Sources document capabilities but do not address legal, privacy, or operational choices that determine whether logs become public [5] [7].
Limitations: reporting here is limited to the provided sources; no external repositories beyond the cited publisher and technical documentation are described in these results [1] [5] [6].