Good radio trackers for a reasonable price?

[Joey Draney]

Does anyone know of any radio or gps trackers for quite high and far flights that are not too expensive, all of the ones that I have seen I can afford but would rather not spend that much money on.

 

[Voyager1]

I think you need to provide a few more details, including expected altitude, distance, price range you’re looking at. The Eggtimer Eggfinder GPS trackers are the most cost effective, but you need to build them yourself. If you can solder, or arrange for someone to do it, that’s your cheapest option.

 

[Hobie1dog]

I think you need to provide a few more details, including expected altitude, distance, price range you’re looking at. The Eggtimer Eggfinder GPS trackers are the most cost effective, but you need to build them yourself. If you can solder, or arrange for someone to do it, that’s your cheapest option.

+1 what he said

 

[Joey Draney]

+1 what he said

The expected altitude is 4800ft and the rocket is dual deploy, it’s a 3 inch rocket and it’s about 4ft tall. Price range is anything below 350 including the ground station if possible.

 

[Joey Draney]

I think you need to provide a few more details, including expected altitude, distance, price range you’re looking at. The Eggtimer Eggfinder GPS trackers are the most cost effective, but you need to build them yourself. If you can solder, or arrange for someone to do it, that’s your cheapest option.

The expected altitude is 4800ft and the rocket is dual deploy, it’s a 3 inch rocket and it’s about 4ft tall. Price range is anything below 350 including the ground station if possible.

 

[Hobie1dog]

The expected altitude is 4800ft and the rocket is dual deploy, it’s a 3 inch rocket and it’s about 4ft tall. Price range is anything below 350 including the ground station if possible.

The Eggtimer Quasar kit for $210 is a strong candidate. Check out the information on their website

 

[OverTheTop]

$365 will get you a Featherweight system
https://www.featherweightaltimeters.com/featherweight-gps-tracker.html

 

[Tim Covey]

Search Marketplace or ebay for Girafus cat, dog and kid tracker, I've used them they are simple they are cheap and dont have much range 300-500 yards or so, dont pay more than $30 for each tracker a bit more with locator, not worth more, deals come and go... Good in tall grass if you have a direction a bit better than a sound locator. Not as good as "marco polo" but lots less.

 

[Tim Covey]

Search Dog trackers on market place... I was able to get 222mhz Locator , Yagi and with 10 RF trackers for $50,, thousands new. the dog guys are going to GPS.. It all needed some simple help to work again, "dead corroded battery's" I cut the trackers off the collars they are about golf ball size, encased in epoxy and good for many miles, in the air Id guess as good as any as they are max FCC power.

 

[Biodragen]

I have my Missle Works GPS system for sale on here. Pretty fair deal.
I have upgraded to the Marshall Telemetry as well as K.A.T.E for larger rockets.

 

[mperegrinefalcon]

For $365 there is the Feaytherweight GPS tracker.
https://www.featherweightaltimeters.com/store/p22/Featherweight_GPS_Tracker_(upd).htmlI have seen it track rockets to 30,000ft no problem. The only issue is it is Iphone only.

 

[cerving]

The Eggtimer Quasar kit for $210 is a strong candidate. Check out the information on their website

BTW, that's not just tracking, it's your dual-deploy altimeter too. Basically everything you need in one package.

 

[anbhtblr]

Check out Missile Works T3 (Tiny Telematics Tracker). $260 will get you going.

 

[kenstarr]

I've used the Marco Polo tracker system. Not as cost effective as the Eggfinder but comparable to the missileworks in price. It's not gps enabled but it's plug and play and dirt simple to use!
https://eurekaproducts.com/rc-model...6LK8ix1eEeXdNCF5rhq9fjbDRKOZSo7hoC1iEQAvD_BwE

 

[Donnager]

LL electronics if you want the small beacons. Its not as friendly as most GPS stuff.

Not super cheap, and the antenna is a little pricey, but my experience so far is it seems to work as well as Communication Specialists stuff.

If anyone wants some Communications specialists stuff (com-spec.com), I have some....cheap.