Recent content by mike548141

Not quite the transmitter would be attached to a dog/person/whatever so it would be the mobile unit and transmitting at regular intervals. The render (lets call it the base station) is a person tracking the mobile units who would be listening passively (no transmission required from the base...

Many of the components would be similar but there are some important differences a) It would need to be rated IP68 to survive the potential terrain b) There would be no need for a UI, so no touchscreen etc c) It would be one way comms d) It would be much cheaper e) A longer battery life f)...

Hi, I've been mulling over an idea (you know how it is, just to keep the grey matter ticking) on how to build a device for tracking...well anything... from hunting dogs to humans. The device would include a GPS (lat, long, altitude, vert & horz accuracy, UTC time) to give bearing over time...