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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>-----------------------------------------<BR>Andrew
Rich<BR>Amateur radio callsign VK4TEC<BR>email: </FONT><A
href="mailto:vk4tec@tech-software.net"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>vk4tec@tech-software.net</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>web:
http://www.tech-software.net<BR>Brisbane AUSTRALIA </FONT></P>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Peter Richards
[mailto:PDRichards@Bigpond.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 10 February 2006 5:35
AM<BR><B>To:</B> vk4tec@tech-software.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Animal tracking
using GPS+UHF<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=368552019-09022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi
Andrew,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=368552019-09022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am by profession a
software developer and as a sideline I operate a 1200 acre nature refuge SW of
Toowoomba.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=368552019-09022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am about to start
a PhD project at UQ to monitor post-release survival of rehabilitated Eastern
Greay Kangaroos. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=368552019-09022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are a number
of tracking collars available that use GPS technology combined with SMS
messaging which provide great functionality but due to the limited cell
phone coverage in the release sites are unsuitable for
this project.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=368552019-09022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would like to put
together an equivalent system that combines GPS with a set of UHF base
stations which act as repeaters and retransmit the data to a single
receiver with an attached PC.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=368552019-09022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>On the PC will be
software that analyses the positioning data in real time and plots the animals
positions.
<DIV><SPAN class=368552019-09022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>As you can imagine,
starting off the search for all the components from a cold start leads me up
many blind alleys.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=368552019-09022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>You appear to have a
lot of expertise in this area and I was wondering if you could offer me some
advice as to what is currently available, where I could source the hardware to
construct the tracking devices, how to interface the UHF repeaters to the
central receiver, and how to interface the receiver to the
PC.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=368552019-09022006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=368552019-09022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peter
Richards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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