HAB Modem and Tracker
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About HAB Modem and Tracker
Ground tracking app for high altitude balloons, complete with RTTY modem, offline mapping, online distributed listener integration, chase car location reporting and more.
Connecting a SSB radio to the audio in of your device will allow for payloads transmitting RTTY to be decoded and displayed on the map. The decoded data is uploaded where it can be also viewed at http://spacenear.us/tracker/ along with data from other listeners. Positions from other listeners are also downloaded so that balloons can be tracked without being able to receive the radio signals. When enabled, the location of the user can also be uploaded and displayed on the online map.
The app supports multiple balloons at once, and includes graphing for received data. The modem is automatic, only the baud rate needs setting, while signal is located and tracked automatically.
Offline mapping is provided by mapsforge, and maps can be downloaded from http://download.mapsforge.org/maps/
Most devices allow audio input via the combined headset connector. A cable is needed to convert between the combined headset connector and a connector for audio input. Suitable cables are hard to come by, and so it may be easiest to make a cable manually. For a pinout of the combined headset connector referring to http://pinoutsguide.com/HeadsetsHeadphones/samsung_moment_pinout.shtml
For help and support ask on IRC channel #highaltitude on freenode.net . Webchat - http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=highaltitude
More information:
The radio system - http://ukhas.org.uk/general:beginners_guide_to_high_altitude_ballooning
The online database - http://habitat.habhub.org/
Connecting a SSB radio to the audio in of your device will allow for payloads transmitting RTTY to be decoded and displayed on the map. The decoded data is uploaded where it can be also viewed at http://spacenear.us/tracker/ along with data from other listeners. Positions from other listeners are also downloaded so that balloons can be tracked without being able to receive the radio signals. When enabled, the location of the user can also be uploaded and displayed on the online map.
The app supports multiple balloons at once, and includes graphing for received data. The modem is automatic, only the baud rate needs setting, while signal is located and tracked automatically.
Offline mapping is provided by mapsforge, and maps can be downloaded from http://download.mapsforge.org/maps/
Most devices allow audio input via the combined headset connector. A cable is needed to convert between the combined headset connector and a connector for audio input. Suitable cables are hard to come by, and so it may be easiest to make a cable manually. For a pinout of the combined headset connector referring to http://pinoutsguide.com/HeadsetsHeadphones/samsung_moment_pinout.shtml
For help and support ask on IRC channel #highaltitude on freenode.net . Webchat - http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=highaltitude
More information:
The radio system - http://ukhas.org.uk/general:beginners_guide_to_high_altitude_ballooning
The online database - http://habitat.habhub.org/
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
0.8
- Saves the state of the app if closed and reopened
0.7
- Decoder improvement. Should now work with all payloads
- Downloads predicted data
- Screen stays on when the app is in the foreground (can be disabled in settings)
0.6.3
- No longer needs a map file if only the decoder is to be used
- Hyperlink to maps location
- No longer crashes if device does not support audio settings
- Minor graph fixes
0.8
- Saves the state of the app if closed and reopened
0.7
- Decoder improvement. Should now work with all payloads
- Downloads predicted data
- Screen stays on when the app is in the foreground (can be disabled in settings)
0.6.3
- No longer needs a map file if only the decoder is to be used
- Hyperlink to maps location
- No longer crashes if device does not support audio settings
- Minor graph fixes
Version update HAB Modem and Tracker was updated to version 0.8.2
What are users saying about HAB Modem and Tracker
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Excellent all-in-one HAB decoder, uploader and offline mapping. Much more convenient to use than a laptop!
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You did a really nice rtty decoder there. Please can you write a dedicated rtty app for ham radio with all the baud settings and encoding and transmit. Great work
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Downloaded but cant seem to download a map file to use it.
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You did a really nice rtty decoder there. Please can you write a dedicated rtty app for ham radio with all the baud settings and encoding and transmit. Great work
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Downloaded but cant seem to download a map file to use it.
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I downloaded and used this App today for 10 minutes to track XABEN1. The advice given at the beginning and the link to download a map if you did not already have one is a good idea and worked well. I used a Samsung Galaxy Nexus 7 and I leant it 6 inches from the speakers of my PC, the double trace signal of RTTY was immediately seen. Touching the shift button changes the shift but that is all you need to do! Despite my attempts at manually entering, "DATA" and "STOPS" by touching the screen as I had done with, "SHIFT" the app locked on to the signals and started decoding. So all you need to do is get the Shift right and it does the rest! Even though I have a noisy power supply fan and a wife telling me I should be doing something else the app stayed on signal throughout the short test. As it was only a short test I am going to give it three stars, a longer test will probably result in four! With a handheld Yagi and receiver in the car I can see this being a very useful addition in the car. I look forward to using this again, thank you Matthew. Chris G7OGX
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Excellent app and working perfect on a Hudle 2. I used a convertor called 3.5mm 4 Position to 2x 3 Position Headset Splitter Adapter to get my radio connected to the huddle.