Hi Pete, Adam and all
I ran a tracker (brand X) in my Bonanza on a trip to Alaska this past
summer with excellent results using a 5 watt transmitter and a rubber
duck antenna. My only dead-spots from Wisconsin to Anchorage were 50
miles west of FT Nelson Canada to 100 miles southwest of Northway AK
(much better than expected) . I have a permanently installed Kenwood
TM 742 running two meters, 440MHZ and 1.2GHZ all with permanent
outside antennas and wired into the audio switch panel, works great.
Future plans are to replace the Kenwood with a Icom 2820 for D-star,
add a tracker 2 to the 2820 and display APRS stations from the tracker
on a Garmin 396. The Garmin 396 has a weather input on a mini USB,
there is another input for connecting to a marine radio that is
suppose to show marine traffic, similar to APRS. I have not been able
to find any information on the data stream used by these marine
radios, will I be able to match it with a data stream from the tracker
to display on the 396? Any help appreciated.
Mike
WB9SLI
On Dec 23, 2009, at 9:49 AM, Adam Fast wrote:
Hi Pete,
I unfortunately can't help you with the digi portion but would
really like to see your setup - is it documented online anywhere?
I'm in the pre-construction "decide what the heck I need/want to
build" phase myself. A Tracker2 / radio is on the parts list to go
in regardless. For now I make do with a D7 on a sealed lead acid
battery in the cargo compartment of Cherokee or Archer when I fly.
Adam
2009/12/23 Peter Howell <[email protected]>
Hello,
I have the a Nuvi350/tracker2/Yaesu mobile setup running in my
experimental airplane. It works great - super tracking - easily
updated status messages, and the envy of my flying friends - the
email from 10,000 ft!
I'd like to set up the digi function(mini awacs), but I am not well
versed in how to set up the parameters. Is there a good guide I
can access? The tracker2 manual makes it seem too easy - maybe it
is.
I hope everyone on the list has a good holiday.
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Cheers,
Pete
