AKVP
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Hello all-
After trying to look up threads on the basics of radio tracking.....with little luck. I have decided to try this thread. I have been to Big Red Bee and Egg Finder and the problem I am having is the language and vernacular. I find myself having more questions and getting more confused the more I read. I know I am not an idiot but I am getting lost on the language you all use in the radio world. I was once able to program a transmission electron microscope (in a past life) but I am lost in all this radio talk.
What I am looking for is a person to explain it to me like I am a child (I have no shame here in asking like this). A guy I know was VERY generous to give me a yagi antenna to get me started. He also gave me a quick demonstration at a launch last weekend. I tried real hard to not appear dumb as he explained it all. I learned to go in the direction where the beeps got stronger etc. I also watched as he found a rocket deep in the corn that had drilled itself almost 2 feet into the mud....he FOUND IT and I was sold on all this tracking stuff.
What I am hoping to get is the Big Red Bee unit that does NOT require a HAM license. Can I use this antenna with the receiver that comes with this unit and track (via the beeps) my rocket?
I am totally lost now that I think of it. Like I said I need someone to explain this from the top using common vernacular so I can understand. This stuff is all fascinating and I DO want to learn more as I go. BUT now I just need to know what to get (without a HAM license) to simply just find my rocket by following the beeps or an arrow on a screen.
One other thing....I don't own nor want to get a smart phone (GASP!!!)
Help......please
After trying to look up threads on the basics of radio tracking.....with little luck. I have decided to try this thread. I have been to Big Red Bee and Egg Finder and the problem I am having is the language and vernacular. I find myself having more questions and getting more confused the more I read. I know I am not an idiot but I am getting lost on the language you all use in the radio world. I was once able to program a transmission electron microscope (in a past life) but I am lost in all this radio talk.
What I am looking for is a person to explain it to me like I am a child (I have no shame here in asking like this). A guy I know was VERY generous to give me a yagi antenna to get me started. He also gave me a quick demonstration at a launch last weekend. I tried real hard to not appear dumb as he explained it all. I learned to go in the direction where the beeps got stronger etc. I also watched as he found a rocket deep in the corn that had drilled itself almost 2 feet into the mud....he FOUND IT and I was sold on all this tracking stuff.
What I am hoping to get is the Big Red Bee unit that does NOT require a HAM license. Can I use this antenna with the receiver that comes with this unit and track (via the beeps) my rocket?
I am totally lost now that I think of it. Like I said I need someone to explain this from the top using common vernacular so I can understand. This stuff is all fascinating and I DO want to learn more as I go. BUT now I just need to know what to get (without a HAM license) to simply just find my rocket by following the beeps or an arrow on a screen.
One other thing....I don't own nor want to get a smart phone (GASP!!!)
Help......please
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