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BigRedBee
Jan 20, 2006, 12:54 PM
BigRedBee is pleased to announce the availability of the BeeLine GPS Transmitter!

Priced at less than $260 and weighing less than 2 ounces, tracking your rocket, ariplane or helicopter has never been easier or more affordable!

http://www.bigredbee.com/beelinegps.htm

The BeeLine GPS consists of a 70cm FM transmitter and a GPS receiver. Data from the GPS receiver is encoded into standard APRS data packets and then sent out via the embedded 440 Mhz FM transmitter. A standard ham radio receiver along with a PC soundcard and/or amateur radio gear (standard TNC hardware) can be used to decode the data packets. No need for dedicated receiver hardware!

Transmit frequencies and other parameters are user programmable; 100's of transmitters may be used at the same location without interfering with each other.

A complete package consists of the BeeLine GPS transmitter, an RS-232 serial adapter, 750mah lithium poly battery (that lasts for more than 8 hours), a li-po battery charger, and SMA antenna connector. The serial adapter and battery charger are compatible with the existing BeeLine transmitter.

A valid amateur radio license is required.

BigRedBee
Feb 22, 2007, 09:47 AM
Just a couple of quick updates:

BeeLine GPS now supports display of the downloaded data in Google Earth.

A group in California recently did some testing with the GPS, and reported an 18 Km range! Could be more, but they ran out of room where they were flying.

-- Greg