[aprssig] Cows ... uuh ... CATS In Space

[Gregg Wonderly]

An Apple AirTag uses the power of passing, nearby IOS devices to ping the location.  You could try and rely on fill-in digis for a similar effect and just use a milliwatt transmitter.  I think the AirTag would find more ways to update location though, unless you have a neighborhood of fill-ins with a lightly loaded APRS network do that your cat is heard.

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> On Jun 13, 2021, at 9:43 AM, Arte Booten <pn2zrc at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I'm not looking to determine a herd's grazing patterns, which was Gerry Creager's project's purpose. Rather, I'd like to buy or build a teeny tracker to put on my cat. I seriously doubt he'd appreciate an antenna which would stick out and know that any solution would be little more than an air-cooled dummy load being driven with milliwatts at a HAAT of inches and I'd be lucky to receive decodable braaps a mile away. Ideas? 73
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