<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Initial impression about the Featherweight GPS Tracker is the boot process and connection over bluetooth <i class=""><b class="">just works</b></i>. Unlike the Missileworks RTx gear which is just downright fidgety and a PITA. And, I got two trackers that can both talk to the ground station at the same time, and be observed on the iPhone. That might be cool for tracking multi-stage rockets, or having two rockets prepped the day before.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Eric<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 3, 2019, at 7:40 AM, Jordan Truesdell <<a href="mailto:jordan@truesdell.org" class="">jordan@truesdell.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div id="__MailbirdStyleContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" class="">
Oh, that's a cool set of hardware (as long as you're on iOS). The flight computers are awesome. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="mb_sig"><span style="font-family: Palatino Linotype" class="">--</span><div class=""><span style="font-family: Palatino Linotype" class="">Jordan</span></div></div><blockquote class="history_container" type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px; margin-top:20px; margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;"><p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;" class="">On 4/2/2019 9:38:29 PM, Eric Paterson <<a href="mailto:egpaterson@gmail.com" class="">egpaterson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><span class=""></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Tweeks, I don’t know anything about rule changes, but I did get some new kit today.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Featherweight GPS Tracker and Ground</div><div class="">Station (iOS compatible, YAY!). Operates on user selectable freq in the 900 MHz band. </div><div class=""><img src="cid:BBADF69F-85B0-4F88-BCA5-616262E5F259" alt="image1.jpeg" id="0F8C6DB3-E2B2-4D04-8999-DD8C152A1FF8" x-apple-mail-has-final-size="NO" style="opacity: 1 !important;" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class="">Raven 4 altimeter and 38mm avionics bay with magnetic switch (magnet is the little black pill). </div><div class=""><img src="cid:F2F9D419-3FB2-4969-B454-81FF4A9A82A0" alt="image2.jpeg" id="B62117C8-AF06-46D8-9492-0D1691B5B437" x-apple-mail-has-final-size="NO" style="opacity: 1 !important;" class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">I need to test all available equipment so I can properly advise VT Rocketry teams. ;-). Already looks nicer than Missileworks but proof is experience on the flying field. </div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">--<br class="">Sent from my iPhone<div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class="">On Apr 2, 2019, at 12:33 AM, Thomas Tweeks Weeks <<a href="mailto:tom@theweeks.org" class="">tom@theweeks.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><span style="font-family: arial;font-size: 12pt" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;" class="">Hey radio geeks..</div><p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: arial;font-size: 12pt;overflow-wrap: break-word" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;" class="">I just found out that the FCC opened (in 2017) GMRS (like family band on steroids) to short duration digital transmissions such as GPS data coordinate xmmission.. which could be huge for rocketry (multi-mile range).. if they ever get around to dropping the meaningless license requirement:</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;" class=""><a href="https://www.fcc.gov/general-mobile-radio-service-gmrs" class="">https://www.fcc.gov/general-mobile-radio-service-gmrs</a></div><p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: arial;font-size: 12pt;overflow-wrap: break-word" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;" class="">I have also heard rumor that 900MHz ISM band (currently used by EggTimer, etc) might be "going away" for unlicensed use (as we are using it)..</div><p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: arial;font-size: 12pt;overflow-wrap: break-word" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;" class="">Anyone else know more?</div><p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: arial;font-size: 12pt;overflow-wrap: break-word" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;" class="">Is Bob McGuire back on here yet?</div><p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: arial;font-size: 12pt;overflow-wrap: break-word" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;" class="">T.Weeks</div></span></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><span class="">_______________________________________________</span><br class=""><span class="">NRVR-Members mailing list</span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="mailto:NRVR-Members@mail.nrvr.org" class="">NRVR-Members@mail.nrvr.org</a></span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="http://server2.nrvr.org/mailman/listinfo/nrvr-members" class="">http://server2.nrvr.org/mailman/listinfo/nrvr-members</a></span></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote>
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