{"id":4997,"date":"2013-01-23T06:24:50","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T06:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zerokidz.com\/ideas\/?p=4997"},"modified":"2014-06-19T03:54:53","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T07:54:53","slug":"hab-aprs-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/?p=4997","title":{"rendered":"HAB APRS tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Notes on high altitude balloon tracking using APRS.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.6;\">A DIY project\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.6;\" href=\"http:\/\/makeprojects.com\/Project\/HAB+APRS+Tracker\/1936\/1#.UP-B4KUUxRY\">http:\/\/makeprojects.com\/Project\/HAB+APRS+Tracker\/1936\/1#.UP-B4KUUxRY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.6;\">A turnkey APRS tracker from Byonics. This is a 10 watt, 12volt, 2 meter system for about $250\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.6;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.byonics.com\/mt-rtg\">http:\/\/www.byonics.com\/mt-rtg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.6;\">Another one, slightly more rugged\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.6;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.byonics.com\/mt-aio\">http:\/\/www.byonics.com\/mt-aio<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Byonics TT3 is another option &#8211; a separate APRS encoder, to be combined with GPS and transmitter, for example:<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"faq\"><\/a><strong>What are all the pieces I will need to make a complete TinyTrak APRS tracker?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You will need:\n<ul>\n<li>a TinyTrak3 or TinyTrak4 controller (The primary difference is that the TinyTrak4 can decode incoming stations, so you can monitor others if you connect a computer.)<\/li>\n<li>a serial GPS recevier, such as our GPS2. (We sell both TinyTraks as a combo above with a GPS2.)<\/li>\n<li>a radio\/power interface cable to connect to the mic &amp; speaker or data jacks of the 2 meter mobile or handheld radio you will use. (If you don&#8217;t have a radio, consider our Micro-Trak line which include the transmitter.)<\/li>\n<li>a F-F null modem cable to connect the TinyTrak to your computer serial port for configuration, and possibily for operations for the TinyTrak4.<\/li>\n<li>a USB to serial adapter if your computer doesn&#8217;t have a serial port.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notes on high altitude balloon tracking using APRS. A DIY project\u00a0http:\/\/makeprojects.com\/Project\/HAB+APRS+Tracker\/1936\/1#.UP-B4KUUxRY A turnkey APRS tracker from Byonics. This is a 10 watt, 12volt, 2 meter system for about $250\u00a0http:\/\/www.byonics.com\/mt-rtg Another one, slightly more rugged\u00a0http:\/\/www.byonics.com\/mt-aio Byonics TT3 is another option &#8211; a separate APRS encoder, to be combined with GPS and transmitter, for example: What are &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/?p=4997\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;HAB APRS tracking&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[174,57,26],"class_list":["post-4997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interactive-media-art","tag-balloon","tag-radio","tag-sensors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HAB APRS tracking - reactive music<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/?p=4997\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HAB APRS tracking - reactive music\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Notes on high altitude balloon tracking using APRS. 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