[amsat-bb] Open source APRS tracker Kickstarter

[John Brier]

Well they used "one minute" to give a battery life example:

"It is able to report location, altitude, temperature pressure and
humidity to the internet once a minute for twelve hours with 2xAA
batteries."

Someone contact them?

John, KG4AKV

On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:
> The #1 question is what Path this device will use.  It is an abomination
> to fly such a tracker on the APRS network with a beacon rate more often
> than once a minute,  *OR* with a path via more than 1 hop.  If those
> limits are not implemented in hardware, these devices could trash the
> national APRS frequency.
>
> Half the balloons we see go up to not adhere to these APRS standards
> because the operators are clueless to the netwrk constraints and
> apparently do nothing to research the proper settings..
> Bob, WB4APR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Dave Webb
> KB1PVH
> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 9:34 AM
> To: Joe
> Cc: AMSAT -BB
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Open source APRS tracker Kickstarter
>
> Joe,
>
> Some of those questions are answered on this page.
>
> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1250163085/tracksoar-aprs/description
>
> Dave-KB1PVH
>
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