No cell coverage? No problem! APRS Text Messages fly out over FM for hundreds of miles to an internet gateway and then 73s.com pushes them to twitter and facebook. We’ll try updating from the car this weekend at Rally Idaho.
A surveyor, cartographer, or map maker – I am not. I am, however, pretty handy with Photoshop, aprs.fi, and Google Maps. When I got the 3 course maps for Rally New York, I had some trouble correlating their locations. I … Continue reading
Looking for an APRS kit for the rallycar? The TrackerBox ‘group buy’ is now open! Click here for all the details. I have been asked by several people to provide a turn-key kit for rally. I only want to make … Continue reading
We finally got our call signs: KI6IUC (Kris) and KI6IUE (Christine). It took longer then I expected and other radio folks were telling us that it should be like 5 days not 15 days. Nothing to do but wait for … Continue reading
Want to keep up with the team this weekend? (Oct 4-5) We’ll be posting lots of pictures and updates to our Tumblelog! We’re also over on Twitter @rallynotes and of course the rallynotesteam on faceyspace. APRS tracking is GREAT at … Continue reading
ham radio connects people and technology! fmtxt via APRS
We’re excited to get back into rally competition and kick off our 2013 season with Rally Idaho. We ran it in 2008, and I helped crew for another team in 2010. It was on the USRC calendar back in the … Continue reading
Since shaking down the car at North Nevada, the rallynotes.com graphics package and body work have been applied. The cute Dodge Neon is transforming into an SRT-4 beast! Continue reading
The updates on here have been a little sparse, but you may have noticed the constant stream of images uploading to Flickr. 😀 Here she sits, ready after hours of prep and fabrication. We are going to be racing at … Continue reading
Rally Car Tracking with APRS This system uses APRS (Automatic Position Reporting System) to receive GPS location information from the rally car. To learn more about it – check out this post on how the APRS system works. KI6IUC-9 – … Continue reading