Bubblehead
Well Known Member
So it's been 26 years since I took my Advanced Class test (and passed) and have renewed the license at the right time so am still legal. KC9PR. The new cylinders I put on the RV-8 are breaking in nicely and the EIS 4000 is working fine and is completely programmed, so it is time for another project.
I ordered a Micro-Trak 8000 last winter and have had it sitting on my workbench for the last month to get me motivated. Recently I read some posts somewhere about people thinking about using telemetry systems especially during test flights or while evaluating engine or airframe changes. I doubt 2M band, especially the APRS frequency, is the right or legal place to do it, but why couldn't the same type of system be used to send the serial output data generated by the EIS 4000 to a ground station? Perhaps it would not need to be a continuous data stream, just a data dump every minute or few minutes.
Like I said above, I've been out of the amature radio scene for a long time, but I'm sure Sam or some of the other radio heads out there could come up with a simple system like APRS for telemetry. Heck, it's probably been done already I just have not heard about it.
Any ideas?
I ordered a Micro-Trak 8000 last winter and have had it sitting on my workbench for the last month to get me motivated. Recently I read some posts somewhere about people thinking about using telemetry systems especially during test flights or while evaluating engine or airframe changes. I doubt 2M band, especially the APRS frequency, is the right or legal place to do it, but why couldn't the same type of system be used to send the serial output data generated by the EIS 4000 to a ground station? Perhaps it would not need to be a continuous data stream, just a data dump every minute or few minutes.
Like I said above, I've been out of the amature radio scene for a long time, but I'm sure Sam or some of the other radio heads out there could come up with a simple system like APRS for telemetry. Heck, it's probably been done already I just have not heard about it.
Any ideas?