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Overview of the I-GATE functions. Extruded aluminum housing with stamped and printed front. At the back all the necessary connections and power. Enté Processor board, with internal 1200 baud modem software. The modem is also switchable to a 300 baud rate. All connections required for operation to the Internet and external Transceivers. The connection to the Internet or to Hamnet via RJ-45...


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APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) is an amateur-radio based system for realtime communication using digital packets sent over radio links. I present here, an implementation of an APRS iGate using the Raspberry-Pi. An APRS iGate is an Internet gateway that gates packets from the radio/RF side to the  APRS-IS on the Internet (and vice-versa). The APRS-IS is an Internet based network that connects...


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This application allows you to send your position and messages to the APRS-IS network from your Android Phone. It will establish your position from the built in GPS (more accurate) or thru a mobile network (less accurate). You may also transmit at fixed position in case you use a tablet without GPS or mobile connection. The application is in english, feel free to download it. This page however...


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Amateur Radio Balloon crosses the Atlantic but but potentially dangerous for international flights. Yesterday evening an amateur radio APRS balloon, call sign K6RPT-11, succeeded in its crossing of the United States and the Atlantic ocean. Launched from California, the balloon transmitted on the APRS frequency of 144.390 MHz FM that is used in the Americas. It appears to have traveled south of Portugal...


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The RTrak-HAB is a breakthrough in all-incorporated high altitude balloon tracking and telemetry payloads!   Features: Built on the OpenTracker 1+ APRS tracker platform On-board Trimble Compernicus GPS - Tracks ABOVE 60,000 feet! SRB MX146LV frequency agile 2M/VHF transmitter - 144-148MHz @ 350mW RF output power On-board temperature sensor with trimming resistor pads Five ADC channels for analog...


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Overview The KML-5000 Passive Tracker provides recording of vehicle or equipment location for later retrieval. Kantronics' KML-5000 Passive Tracker includes a GPS receiver and a data-logger. Once installed in a vehicle, it can record up to 36 eight-hour days of GPS data (location, velocity, time) in a non-volatile internal memory. At your convenience, the captured history can be transferred from...


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Features 128x64 Graphical LCD Display ARM Cortex-M3 Processor Built in 1200 baud modem (codec powered) Requires external GPS (4800 baud, serial) Supports $GPWPL waypoint output string (map stations on GPS) Holds a station list of last 50 heard stations in EEPROM Main screen can recall back to the last 6 heard stations Station list sorting by last heard or distance GPS Display shows which...


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