<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div>Of course not, but looking them over can provide inspiration. ;-)</div><div><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458291421584_4562">That Bosch module looks VERY interesting!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458291421584_4560"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458291421584_4343">I imagine self-contained APRS fly-away kits that local RACES/ARES builds up and trains fire department teams to deploy for reported gas leaks!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458291421584_4408"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458291421584_4409">The FD keeps the inventory (and deploys it "inside of the yellow tape") and the Ham Radio community maintains them *and* establishes the infrastructure to route the data that they collect to the FD's own command center.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458291421584_4641"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458291421584_4648">What a tight and valued connection to the Emergency First Responding community this would build!<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458291421584_4513"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458291421584_4514" dir="ltr">Ev, W2EV</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458291421584_4297" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458291421584_4159" class="yahoo_quoted">  <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458291421584_4158" style="font-family: Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458291421584_4157" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458291421584_4168" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458291421584_4167" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Scott Miller via aprssig <aprssig@tapr.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig@tapr.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 17, 2016 11:45 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [aprssig] Autonomous EMCOMM Telemetry<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458291421584_4156" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv9247100230"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458291421584_4650">
    <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458291421584_4649" class="yiv9247100230moz-cite-prefix">I don't think I'd want to use any of
      the electronics from a 1995 design.  You could do it smaller,
      cheaper, and with less power today.  Bosch Sensortec's new
      pressure/humidity/temperature/gas sensors measure 3 x 3 x 1
      millimeters.  I'm thinking about using those in the next version
      of the ADS-WS1.<br clear="none">
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      On 3/17/2016 8:03 PM, Ev Tupis via aprssig wrote:<br clear="none">
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        <div id="yiv9247100230yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458266211298_23048">What was in
          them?  Plans anywhere?</div>
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                  </font><hr id="yiv9247100230yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458266211298_22997" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b>
                  khufford <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv9247100230moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" ymailto="mailto:khufford@atlanticbb.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:khufford@atlanticbb.net"><khufford@atlanticbb.net></a><br clear="none">
                  <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Ev
                  Tupis <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv9247100230moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" ymailto="mailto:w2ev@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:w2ev@yahoo.com"><w2ev@yahoo.com></a>; TAPR APRS Mailing List
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                  <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b>
                  Thursday, March 17, 2016 5:09 PM<br clear="none">
                  <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b>
                  RE: [aprssig] Autonomous EMCOMM Telemetry<br clear="none">
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                    <div id="yiv9247100230yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458266211298_22995">SNOW
                      POLES, were APRS sensor package in large PVC pipe
                      dropped out of Ch47 helos in Bosnia in 1995.</div>
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                    <div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757;">Sent via
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                    From: Ev Tupis via aprssig <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv9247100230moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" ymailto="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org"><aprssig@tapr.org></a>
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                    Date: 3/17/2016 16:35 (GMT-05:00) <br clear="none">
                    To: TAPR APRS Mailing List <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv9247100230moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" ymailto="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org"><aprssig@tapr.org></a>
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                    Subject: [aprssig] Autonomous EMCOMM Telemetry <br clear="none">
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                        <div id="yiv9247100230yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458246301174_2942">Has
                          anyone come up with an APRS-based
                          environmental telemetry sensor for EMCOMM use?</div>
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                        <div dir="ltr" id="yiv9247100230yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458246301174_2944">Specifically...having
                          a "sensor/APRS kit" that one could
                          drop-or-deploy into a theater and let it
                          beacon back telemetry that would be of use to
                          emergency first and second responders.</div>
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                        <div id="yiv9247100230yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458246301174_2946">Examples:</div>
                        <ul id="yiv9247100230yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458246301174_3056"><li id="yiv9247100230yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458246301174_3058">Wind
                            speed, wind direction, temperature, humidity
                            ... for chemical spills or forest fires</li><li id="yiv9247100230yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458246301174_3057">Water
                            level ... to help manage flooding</li><li id="yiv9247100230yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458246301174_3055">Air
                            transparency ... to help manage air
                            pollution</li></ul>
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                        <div id="yiv9247100230yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458246301174_3053">Either
                          drop-and-forget (like around a forest fire) or
                          purposefully deploy (like, ahead of a flooding
                          event)...but with the expressed purpose of
                          providing valued telemetry of known quality.</div>
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                        <div id="yiv9247100230yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458246301174_3126">Anything?</div>
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                        <div dir="ltr" id="yiv9247100230yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458246301174_3156">Ev,
                          W2EV</div>
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