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What are your goals for the tracker? Trip tracking? After-theft =
recovery? Other? =20
=20
What kind of upfront and/or ongoing costs are you willing to endure?
=20
The answers to the above might make a difference in what you get.
=20
I=E2=80=99ve used a Byonics TinyTrak <https://byonics.com/tinytrak4> =
and had good results. As you can see from following the link =
it=E2=80=99s an APRS tracker, meaning it operates on the US amateur =
radio 2-meter band. As such, one does need an FCC amateur radio license =
to operate this unit. The lowest level (Technician) license will suffice =
and there is no longer a morse code requirement, in case you=E2=80=99re =
wondering. I studied for a couple of hours and passed the test with no =
issues, and a license is good for ten (10) years. Once you are licensed =
there are no ongoing fees to use the system.=20
=20
A nice feature of this unit is it stores or caches its data as you drive =
along, so if you are out and away from any repeaters it will still =
report a complete record of the trip. I used it in May to track my trip =
to California Healey Week, and was able to see my travels from Las Vegas =
to San Luis Obispo, CA, to and around the San Francisco Bay Area and =
back to Las Vegas over about ten (10) days. I=E2=80=99m pretty sure =
there were places driving across the desert where I was out of reach of =
any repeaters, but the data still showed up just fine. I use =
https://aprs.fi to display the nearby stations and my track when one is =
available, but there are other websites that offer the same basic =
service.
=20
Separate but related to using a 2-meter tracker is combining the tracker =
with a voice transceiver. Doing so would allow replacing CB =
line-of-sight radios with 2-meter radios that can utilize the =
wide-spread and free repeater network =E2=80=93 greatly improving =
communications between cars traveling together.
=20
On the other hand [away from the free APRS system], there are commercial =
services that will provide trackers that use cellular phones and/or =
private networks to transmit the data. Obviously, those come with a =
monthly fee.
=20
-----------------------------------
All the best,
=20
Al Fuller
=20
From: Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Warren Dietz
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2024 5:45 AM
To: banjojohn via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Healeys] Vehicle Tracking Devises
=20
Looking for a tracking device for the Healey. Any suggestions?
=20
Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3D550986> for =
Windows
=20
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class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>What are your goals for the =
tracker? Trip tracking? After-theft recovery? Other?=C2=A0 =
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>What =
kind of upfront and/or ongoing costs are you willing to =
endure?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>The =
answers to the above might make a difference in what you =
get.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>I=E2=80=99ve used a Byonics <a =
href=3D"https://byonics.com/tinytrak4";>TinyTrak</a> and had good =
results. As you can see from following the link it=E2=80=99s an APRS =
tracker, meaning it operates on the US amateur radio 2-meter band. As =
such, one does need an FCC amateur radio license to operate this unit. =
The lowest level (Technician) license will suffice and there is no =
longer a morse code requirement, in case you=E2=80=99re wondering. I =
studied for a couple of hours and passed the test with no issues, and a =
license is good for ten (10) years. Once you are licensed there are no =
ongoing fees to use the system. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>A nice =
feature of this unit is it stores or caches its data as you drive along, =
so if you are out and away from any repeaters it will still report a =
complete record of the trip. I used it in May to track my trip to =
California Healey Week, and was able to see my travels from Las Vegas to =
San Luis Obispo, CA, to and around the San Francisco Bay Area and back =
to Las Vegas over about ten (10) days. I=E2=80=99m pretty sure there =
were places driving across the desert where I was out of reach of any =
repeaters, but the data still showed up just fine. =C2=A0I use <a =
href=3D"https://aprs.fi";>https://aprs.fi</a> to display the nearby =
stations and my track when one is available, but there are other =
websites that offer the same basic service.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Separate but related to using a =
2-meter tracker is combining the tracker with a voice transceiver. Doing =
so would allow replacing CB line-of-sight radios with 2-meter radios =
that can utilize the wide-spread and free repeater network =E2=80=93 =
greatly improving communications between cars traveling =
together.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>On the =
other hand [away from the free APRS system], there are commercial =
services that will provide trackers that use cellular phones and/or =
private networks to transmit the data. Obviously, those come with a =
monthly fee.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div=
><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>-----------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>All the best,<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Al =
Fuller<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div=
><div style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt =
0in 0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b>From:</b> Healeys =
<healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Warren =
Dietz<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 23, 2024 5:45 AM<br><b>To:</b> =
banjojohn via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> =
[Healeys] Vehicle Tracking Devises<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Looking for =
a tracking device for the Healey. Any suggestions?<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Sent from <a =
href=3D"https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3D550986";>Mail</a> for =
Windows<o:p></o:p></p><p =
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