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Is there a way to use two FeatherWeight Trackers in a flight with just one Ground Station? For example, in a two-stage flight one tracker in the booster with a second in the sustainer.
One way I think it could be done is to connect the ground station to the tracker in the sustainer, without connecting to the one in the booster. Since the booster would likely land first, that tracker would go into "lost rocket mode" while the sustainer was still in the air. However, according to the manual the booster tracker wouldn't go into "lost rocket mode" until five minutes after landing and it's unlikely the sustainer would be in the air that long. Any FWT that flew later would receive and then relay the location to my ground station. I can see that working, but it lacks the certainty I would like. Besides, it's not clear to me that this function has been implemented in the Android App.
I was wondering if the Ground Station could simultaneously track two trackers if on A and B channels of the same frequency.
...Fred
One way I think it could be done is to connect the ground station to the tracker in the sustainer, without connecting to the one in the booster. Since the booster would likely land first, that tracker would go into "lost rocket mode" while the sustainer was still in the air. However, according to the manual the booster tracker wouldn't go into "lost rocket mode" until five minutes after landing and it's unlikely the sustainer would be in the air that long. Any FWT that flew later would receive and then relay the location to my ground station. I can see that working, but it lacks the certainty I would like. Besides, it's not clear to me that this function has been implemented in the Android App.
I was wondering if the Ground Station could simultaneously track two trackers if on A and B channels of the same frequency.
...Fred