<div>I've used the APRS app on my Android Magic and was surprised how well it did work.</div>
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<div>It would be even better if smart beaconing could be added by the author!</div>
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<div>Take a look for VK2POO-7 on <a href="http://aprs.fi">aprs.fi</a> and you'll see a track from Tweed Hds down the highway.</div>
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<div>Assuming you have mobile coverage in the intended area there is no legal impediment to a Foundation licence holder carrying the phone with the app running.</div>
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<div>73 de Steve VK2POO<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 12 June 2010 13:44, James Cameron <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vk2lqz@wia.org.au">vk2lqz@wia.org.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">G'day,<br><br>I'm currently tracking a walking person after the fact, using a GPS<br>track log. I'd like to track also during the event.<br>
<br>What devices are available? I'd prefer to have everything in the one<br>device; GPS receiver, tracker, and 2m beacon transmitter. I'd prefer<br>not to have to build it up from parts. It would be really nice if I can<br>
just buy it and turn it on. I'm already successfully receiving the<br>local digipeater and rendering it on Xastir.<br><br>A competing solution is an iPhone or an Android based phone ... which<br>have a GPS receiver and commercial digital radio transceiver. It can be<br>
made to just work, provided there is mobile telephone service in the<br>area. Apps are available.<br><br>Also, an amateur licensing question ... which of these situations is<br>allowed by the LCD? In your opinion.<br><br>
1. tracking in the presence of a standard licensee,<br><br>2. tracking transmissions set up by a standard licensee with the<br>tracker carried by a foundation licensee,<br><br>3. tracking transmissions set up by a standard licensee with the<br>
tracker carried by an unlicensed user, "second operator",<br><br>4. tracking transmissions set up by a standard licensee with the<br>tracker carried by an animal.<br><br>Also in cases 2 and 3, can the holder of the tracker initiate a<br>
transmission? e.g. press a button to signal something that is not an<br>emergency.<br><font color="#888888"><br>--<br>James Cameron<br><a href="http://quozl.linux.org.au/" target="_blank">http://quozl.linux.org.au/</a><br>
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