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color=#0000ff size=2>Wow... I was thinking more like 10' high. The
Tracker2 would be better than the OpenTracker - it'd take a little work to get
both the weather and GPS code into the OT, and it'd be harder to do flash
programming so it might only stick as long as it had power.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>This would be a good application for that 5-watt
transmitter board...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=296184519-13062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Scott</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>N1VG</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Wes Johnston [mailto:wes@kd4rdb.com]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:31 PM<BR><B>To:</B> TAPR APRS
Mailing List; scott@opentrac.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [aprssig] Aprs used
during fire<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hadn't thought of the D cells in a pipe
trick.... but was planning on a pelican case with an HT.. and we have a few
fiberglass telescoping tripod poles. They are very very light (about 25
lbs) and go over 30' up. The kind that you push the inner pipe up and
twist 1/4 turn to lock the pegs in a slot. I'd just tell the install
crew to make the one wire weather unit point north. It'd also be nice if
they could plug a GPS in for just a moment at powerup and have the opentracker
memorize that position. Then unplug the GPS and hoist it
up.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wes</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=aprssig@lists.tapr.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 13, 2006 1:16
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [aprssig] Aprs used during
fire</DIV>
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color=#0000ff> > </FONT></SPAN>Portable weather stations would
have been nice. If we'd had 4 of them we could have placed them around
the perimeter of the fire and known when the smoke was going to shift.<SPAN
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class=421211117-13062006>Any ideas on implementing this? I think
you'd need a fairly sturdy folding tripod for each unit, something that
could be staked down or held down with bricks. The AAG anemometers can
be easily mounted on a pole. It might be possible to build an
OpenTracker into a pipe segment with some C or D cell batteries, with a BNC
on top for an antenna. Or you could do it in a Pelican case and bolt
it to the pole.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=421211117-13062006>Scott</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=421211117-13062006>N1VG</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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