RE: Mobile Packet Radio

"Matt Towers" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.wireless.seattle.general
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What hardware did you use for the $200 trackers? 

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Tiny track is the name of a great dongle that takes raw nmea data from the
gps then keys the radio and transmitts the formatted text. A few radios by
kenwood have the tracker(tiny track type device) built in but they are
mainly positioned for ham radio use. As for the receiving end there are
numerous sound card interfaces. If you want straight hardware there is a
device called a TNC which will decode the tones and trasmitt them to the pc
via rs232.

Theres more mapping software than you can shake a stick at.

I have been able to build aprs trackers for around 200 dollars a piece,
including radio, gps and tracker.

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Subject: RE: Mobile Packet Radio

Just found it.  Thanks for the tip.  Any ideas on hardware platforms?

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Search for APRS on google. It stands for automatic position reporting
system. It is an amateur radio mode which allows for exactly what you want!
The same protocols and software can easily be used on any frequency, so its
not strictly for ham radio!

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Date: 09/19/2005 22:24
Subject: Mobile Packet Radio



Does anyone here  have any experience with mobile packet radio solutions?
The application  I'm looking to build is for airborne SAR missions.  The
goal is to take a  low cost GPS deployed in search aircraft, and broadcast
coordinates to an  airborne digipeater which would then relay the data to
the mission base for ATC  purposes.  Any ideas?

-MCT
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