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--- guides:tracking_guide [2012/12/15 21:03] – jcoxon
+++ guides:tracking_guide [2015/02/05 22:40] (current) – [Internet] updated urls to tracker.habhub.org lz1dev
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 Another excellent guide can be found at [[http://projecthorus.org/?page_id=336|Project Horus]]
+===== Translations =====
+  * [[guides:tracking_guide:polish|Polski]]
+  * [[guides:tracking_guide:french|Français]]
+  * [[guides:tracking_guide:spanish|Español]]
+  * [[guides:tracking_guide:german|Deutsch]]
+  * [[guides:tracking_guide:latvian|Latvijas]]
+  * [[guides:tracking_guide:slovak|Slovenský]]
+  * [[guides:tracking_guide:russian|русский]]
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     * Icom IC-7000 - Literally does everything and a little bit more. approx £900
     * AOR AOR8000 - Wideband Receiver (doesn't do Transmitting)
+    * Yupiteru MVT-7100 - Wideband receiver (doesn't do Transmitting)
+    * Kenwood TS-2000 - Similar to the IC-7000 in that it literally does everything but a bit older and cheaper.
+    * Kenwood TH-F7E - Hand Held dual radio with a 2nd wideband multimode receiver. Not as sensitive as other receivers but very portable (and can monitor the local repeater at the same time)
   * [[guides:sdr_tracker|SDR Dongle]] - If you don't fancy investing in an expensive radio receiver, then it is now possible to use a USB DVB-T dongle, based on the Realtek RTL2832U chipset, as an inexpensive tracker. This is a superb way to get involved with HAB'ing and helping out track other people's balloons.
+  * [[http://www.funcubedongle.com/|FUNcube Dongle Pro+]] - An alternative SDR receiver. More sensitive than the cheap SDR dongles but more expensive. Sensitivity is similar to the Radio receivers listed above.
   * Radio Antenna for 70cm - An excellent guide to understanding directional antennas can be found on this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lslHtCUSfN4&feature=player_embedded|Youtube video]] by Diana Eng of Make Magazine - while its for transmitting its the same concept for receiving!
     * Whip (often included with the receivers) is an omni-directional antenna and is good when the payload is close by but will also pick up other signals and noise.
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 There is a 30-sec recording of live data [[http://tenbus.co.uk/icaruscapture_30secs.mp3|mp3 version]] and [[http://tenbus.co.uk/icaruscapture_30secs.wav|wav version]]. These files are about 500kB.
+Please practice decoding in OFFLINE mode to eliminate any confusion with old data from this clip keep appearing on the map! You can do this by unchecking "online" on the "DL Client" dropdown. Settings to decode this should be 425Hz shift, 50 Baud, 8 bit ASCII, no parity and 2 stop bits. Decoding the data should look like [[http://i.imgur.com/QZFBp2h.png|this]].
 Unless you are very close, you won't hear anything unless you have line of sight. This means that the balloon usually needs to be above your horizon.
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 ===== Computer =====
+==== dl-fldigi ====
-==== dl-fldigi ====
 dl-fldigi is an adapted version of the excellent free [[http://www.w1hkj.com/Fldigi.html|FLdigi]] soundcard decoding software. It takes the audio from your radio, decodes the balloon's signal, and then sends the telemetry it's found over the internet to a server running habitat, which plots the payloads position on to the [[http://spacenear.us/tracker/|SpaceNear]] map.
   * First grab the latest version on the projects page: **[[projects:dl-fldigi]]**
-  * Open up dl-fldigi in //hab// mode (now the default mode for OSX). On first running it'll open up a wizard to help setup dl-fldigi for you. Please remember to put in your latitude and longitude in decimal format using + or - rather than NSEW e.g. //52.0000 -0.12345// You will also need to put in your altitude, you can put in //0// if you don't know this.
+  * Open up dl-fldigi in //HAB mode// (now the default mode for OSX). On first running it'll open up a wizard to help setup dl-fldigi for you.
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-  * After the wizard you should be presented with the modified dl-fldigi GUI. This new version parses the data it receives and splits it up into the boxes and calculates the distance and bearing that the payload is from your base station (based on the latitude and longitude you previously input). You may need to resize the window width when you first open dl-fldigi to fit your screen.
+  * This new version parses the data it receives and splits it up into the boxes and calculates the distance and bearing that the payload is from your base station (based on the latitude and longitude you previously input). You may need to resize the window width when you first open dl-fldigi to fit your screen.
-{{guides:dlfldigi2.jpeg|}}
+  * First thing is to enter your location (this is required to appear on the map and to calculate distance, elevation and bearing (Please remember to put in your latitude and longitude in decimal format using + or - rather than NSEW e.g. //52.0000 -0.12345// You will also need to put in your altitude, you can put in //0// if you don't know this)
+{{:guides:selectclient.jpeg|}}{{:guides:location.jpeg|}}{{:guides:location2.jpeg|}}
   * dl-fldigi if connected to the internet should automatically download a list of the possible payloads. To view them select the 'Flight' dropdown box.
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   * Once you've selected your payload you need to click on the Autoconfigure button which will setup dl-fldigi for tracking.
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   * Green means that the string passed its checksum test while red means it failed. Feedback from the server can be seen in the bottom status box.
-  * Currently it is not possible to resize the height of the dl-fldigi //hab// window but this will be a future addition.
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 [[guides:old_tracking|Tracking with r85 of dl-fldigi]]
+=== RxID or RSID ===
+Not all of the modes are available using the Auto-config facilities, however there is the RxID facility
+where by each transmission is preceded by a short burst of data that identifies the mode that will follow.
+It also has the feature of being tracked by the AFC so it will also allow the receiver to be adjusted to
+the correct centre frequency.  To select this feature, turn on RxID as below:
+{{:guides:dl-fldigi-rxid.jpg}}
+To setup the configuration for RxID, select the Configure | IDs option:
+{{:guides:dl_fldigi-ids.jpg}}
+Turn on all the modes and select the options required, the "Search all Passband" and "Marker" are good defaults to choose:
+{{:guides:dl-fldigi-rsid.jpg}}
+Finally Save the configuration and close the window, these should then remain as your default settings.
 ===== Internet =====
   * dl-fldigi forwards the strings to the central server.
   * Statistics and data can be found here [[http://habitat.habhub.org/]]
-  * The server does further checks and then will post the points to the [[http://spacenear.us/tracker/|spacenear.us tracker]]
+  * The server does further checks and then will post the points to the [[http://tracker.habhub.org/|habhub tracker]]
+  * You can also track using Google Earth by using the following link http://tracker.habhub.org/track.kml, for more details on how to get the best out of Google Earth see [[:using_google_earth|]]
   * If you wish to try out receiving and decoding data without posting to the central server, then please refer to version specific instructions on the [[projects:dl-fldigi|dl-fldigi project page]].