Every GPS unit made after 1999 (the TBolt is 2003) is 1024 week aware, so there should be no problem for the TBolt.
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 6:23 AM, Robert Watzlavick.com <[email protected] > wrote: > I poked around a bit on that site-I'll check it out more tomorrow. My > vehicle is a liquid so acceleration will be lower than a solid. Max > velocity will still be ~ mach 2 and max altitude will be over 100k ft. > > The successful recovery rate with large amateur liquids is very low so > every idea will help to find the wreckage later! > > Not to get off topic too much but if anybody's interested, my project is > at http://watzlavick.com/robert/rocket/index.html > > There was a good gps discussion on aRocket a few months back- I wish I > could have bridged all the smart guys here with all the smart guys there. > > -Bob > > On Jun 6, 2012, at 22:37, Cliff Sojourner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > probably the best rocket tracker > > > > http://bigredbee.com/blgps_2mhp.htm > > > > there are others. depending on acceleration and duration, GPS + APRS > tracking can be unreliable. it seems most COS parts fail at over 15Gs > acceleration; the ITAR limits come in at 60000 feet and/or mach 1. > > > > so, additionally fly a simple Morse tracker like this > > > > http://bigredbee.com/BeeLine.htm > > > > between the two, you will get your rocket back. speaking from > experience!! > > > > Cliff K6CLS > > > > On 2012-06-06 20:13, Chris Albertson wrote: > >> Why not fly a tiny GPS inside the rocket? Either modulated the beacon > with > >> the GPS serial data or record it to a micro SD card. > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Robert Watzlavick<[email protected] > >wrote: > >> > >>> Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I also have a question about using > >>> the Thunderbolt in the future. I'm considering using 4 of them in a > >>> multilateration setup to track an amateur rocket with an onboard > beacon. > >> Chris Albertson > >> Redondo Beach, California > >> _______________________________________________ > >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > >> and follow the instructions there. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
