[aprssig] Autonomous EMCOMM Telemetry
Scott Miller
scott at opentrac.org
Thu Mar 17 23:45:13 EDT 2016
I don't think I'd want to use any of the electronics from a 1995
design. You could do it smaller, cheaper, and with less power today.
Bosch Sensortec's new pressure/humidity/temperature/gas sensors measure
3 x 3 x 1 millimeters. I'm thinking about using those in the next
version of the ADS-WS1.
Scott
N1VG
On 3/17/2016 8:03 PM, Ev Tupis via aprssig wrote:
> What was in them? Plans anywhere?
> Ev
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> *Subject:* RE: [aprssig] Autonomous EMCOMM Telemetry
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> SNOW POLES, were APRS sensor package in large PVC pipe dropped out of
> Ch47 helos in Bosnia in 1995.
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> From: Ev Tupis via aprssig <aprssig at tapr.org>
> Date: 3/17/2016 16:35 (GMT-05:00)
> To: TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig at tapr.org>
> Subject: [aprssig] Autonomous EMCOMM Telemetry
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> Has anyone come up with an APRS-based environmental telemetry sensor
> for EMCOMM use?
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> Specifically...having a "sensor/APRS kit" that one could
> drop-or-deploy into a theater and let it beacon back telemetry that
> would be of use to emergency first and second responders.
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> Examples:
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> * Wind speed, wind direction, temperature, humidity ... for chemical
> spills or forest fires
> * Water level ... to help manage flooding
> * Air transparency ... to help manage air pollution
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> Either drop-and-forget (like around a forest fire) or purposefully
> deploy (like, ahead of a flooding event)...but with the expressed
> purpose of providing valued telemetry of known quality.
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> Anything?
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> Ev, W2EV
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