<div dir="ltr">All of the opentracker series distinguish between dead carrier and actual tones. Software DCD is your friend.<div>BTW, the OTUSB line run under $50 and have usb readily available for attaching to a table running your favorite flavor of APRS client.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Randy</div><div>WF5X</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 11:11 AM, SARTrack Admin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@sartrack.co.nz" target="_blank">info@sartrack.co.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On 23/06/2014 17:03, Stephen H. Smith wrote:<br>
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On 6/23/2014 10:03 AM, SARTrack Admin wrote:<br>
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The tinytrak-3 connected to a (cheap) handheld radio will check for an<br>
open<br>
squelch (any noise) before transmitting.<br>
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Except that this is not a positive carrier detect; i.e COR. All it does<br>
is sense audio energy coming from the radio's audio-out. It gets<br>
fooled by dead carriers or under-deviated voice signals on the channel<br>
into thinking the channel is clear.<br>
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Correct, but how often do you have 'dead carriers' of voice data on the APRS frequency? It basically always is a APRS signal, so it works quite well.<br>
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The TinyTrak-4 has even a full decoding capability.<br>
<a href="http://www.byonics.com/" target="_blank">http://www.byonics.com/</a><br>
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But you still need (in addition to the handheld and TT4) :<br>
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The original question was about Trackers. Not a full two-way messaging system.<br>
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Have a look at my original design, using a VX-170 (or Type Approved radio in my final design), GPS chip and TinyTrak3 in a small box, and powered from the radio. This setup runs for 12 hours, every 30 seconds TX (used on a special VHF frequency). You can also use a very cheap Chinese radio on the HAM frequencies.<br>
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<a href="http://www.sartrack.co.nz/Trackers.html" target="_blank">http://www.sartrack.co.nz/<u></u>Trackers.html</a><br>
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