Mal Bruce wrote: >Thanks Peter I have looked that one Nigel Andrews also sent it to me as >well. > >Are you still living in Camden we bought at The Oaks > >http://www.tech-software.net could someone put me in contact with Andrew >Rich his email bounces. > >Basically we need a low cost online tracking system to track the Grand Prix >2008 > >Mal > > Try Andrew at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Andrew is one of the more adventurous and progressive amateur radio operators who have been working APRS (Automatic Position Reporting System) over the past several years. I have been using APRS for probably about 5 years in a couple of my vehicles. Google APRS to get the full story. The APRS concept is promising for gliding, and I have been planning to try it out for years but the opportunity has not arisen due to other pressures. Andrew has done some basic work in this area. One of the things which might limit the development of APRS for gliding is the lack of a suitable data frequency, and the equipment to transmit on such a frequency. Amateurs have plenty of resources in this area and a very well developed network of repeater stations and Igates which are linked to the internet making it possible to track any APRS station in the world on maps and including an altitude readout. Gliding has none of these facilities either in legislation or infrastructure. There are a couple of UHF CB channels which are dedicated to data transmission (in theory) but there are challenges in setting up such a system - APRS is possibly outside of the intended guidlines for these channels. I can't be sure on this but I would think that an APRS system would not be what the ACMA had in mind when they set up these regulations. Andrew will be the bloke to contact about this. Regards, Terry _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
