Chuck Deiterich wrote an excellent article on using the MT-RTG in his plane for the May 2011 issue of Kitplanes Magazine. (Hamming it Up) He covered many of the aspects of using APRS in an aircraft in general, without frightening the non-ham readers with excessive APRS lingo. Included were descriptions of his use of Smart Beaconing, and the benefits to family members. It has a Googlemap course track which I think will help the non-technical family members appreciate the ease of using web-based tracking (aprs.fi, etc) I was also very impressed with the elegant simplicity of his antenna; It looks like he just used a through-hull SMA connector on the belly of his ship with a 19 inch whip. It is definitely working well! Chuck, thank you and congratulations for an excellent article!
Allen
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Allen
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