<div>Sounds like you need to modify scott miller's opentracker to accept barcode swipes instead of GPS data. Have it construct a fake posit report using the name/callsign that you swipe. I'd use 3rd party format aprs packets.
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:kc9umr@freqradio.com">kc9umr@freqradio.com</a></b> <<a href="mailto:kc9umr@freqradio.com">kc9umr@freqradio.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I'll make my situation even tougher to solve...<br><br><br>I don't want a computer at every client. I ONLY want a computer at net
<br>control.<br><br>there's just not enough space or time at the start / finish control points<br>to allow for a computer to be set up....<br><br>maybe for something not QUITE as cramped... an on-road rally, or<br>something....
<br><br>><br>> But here's another novel idea I've never heard suggested before.<br>><br>> The barcode scanners have a PCMCIA slot, as do a LOT of similar<br>><br>> Devices, as well as almost all fairly modern laptops. If we had a
<br>><br>> PC-Card based TNC it would be trivial to turn almost any of these<br>><br>> Devices into a full fledged APRS client. All you'd need would be an<br>><br>> HT or other external radio, easily interfaced by a simple dongle.
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