[aprssig] Radiation Readings

[scott at opentrac.org]

We had this discussion a year or two ago.  There's no dedicated radiation
measurement in APRS, but you can easily put it in the comment field.  You'd
want to make it consistent and easily parsed if you're expecting a client
program to be able to do something with it.  Maybe something like /R=000000,
in uSv/hour.  

You could also set up a tracker to create objects to represent hotspots.
This would actually be an interesting application for the scripting language
I'm developing for my new tracker - I've already got a Geiger counter
that'll work with the tracker's counter input, and the script could be set
up to send an object every time the count goes over a certain threshold.
The radiation count would go in as a signpost, with a unique object name.

Scott
N1VG

> -----Original Message-----
> From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org 
> [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org] On Behalf Of Ron Wenig
> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 3:25 PM
> To: aprssig at lists.tapr.org
> Subject: [aprssig] Radiation Readings
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> A fellow ham approached me about a project he is thinking 
> about.  He would
> like to monitor radiation readings and transmit them via 
> packet.  I thought
> that it would be an excellent application for APRS.  Not only 
> could you
> track a vehicle but you could also post radiation readings 
> with the posit.
> It would be a good capability for ARES/RACES emergency 
> communications to be
> able to do.  I know there is a way to transmit telemetry via 
> APRS.  Is there
> a way to transmit other data such as radiation readings.
> 
> 73, Ron ny3j at comcast.net
> 
> 
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