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| Thread ID: 55525 | 2005-03-12 21:08:00 | Radio Tracking equipment hire/buy | hamstar (4) | PC World Chat |
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| 333498 | 2005-03-14 02:37:00 | There are two types of animal tracking used. The older, which is still used (on kiwis?) is just a transmitter, and the tracking is done by holding a Yagi antenna and a receiver, and following on foot. That would get you arrested in most urban areas ... cats travel in fairly straight lines, and fences don't slow them down. You'd probably be on your third fence when you found an Alsation tugging on your leg (or other bits). The more modern ones use a GPS receiver and transmit to a satellite. This starts to become expensive. Why don't you get hold of Dr Doolittle and get him to ask the cat? |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 333499 | 2005-03-14 03:06:00 | Just got an email back from Titley with prices The smallest unit (ideal for a news paper or cat (12mm X 6mm X 3mm) is $167 without battery and case and shipping. Then you need a receiver which looks like about $1200. Oh and thos prices are in Australian $ so add 10% and then add a further 5% to cover shipping and insurance. :p How much do you want to know where your cat goes at night? |
theother1 (3573) | ||
| 333500 | 2005-03-14 10:30:00 | Thank heavens that daft idea's been squashed! A girl's gotta have SOME privacy. hamstar's cat |
Laura (43) | ||
| 333501 | 2005-03-14 11:21:00 | Buy a ball of string and tie one end to the cat's collar and the other to the door handle. Then in the morning go and follow the path of the string. :nerd: | EX-WESTY (221) | ||
| 333502 | 2005-03-15 10:52:00 | hhaahah great idea EX-WESTY!!! oh my cats a boy btw... Wat if I just had a small transmitter from jaycar, put a beeping sound into the microphone end, and walked around with my walkman? Or perhaps tune it to a certain frequency... but then the cat would have a huge thermionic valve attched to its color... not to mention dragging a bigass battery behind it... I do like the string idea tho... i wonder if he would notice.... |
hamstar (4) | ||
| 333503 | 2005-03-15 20:27:00 | You would need a highly directional Yagi antenna, and a signal strength indicator, else you would have no idea if the signal was left, right, up down in front or behind you. All you would know is that there is a signal. As an indication, how can you determine where the station you are listening to on the walkman now is broadcasting from? All you know is that there is a signal. The walkman is a good receiver but not a directional one. Saw some little high-output stobing LED's for pets collars at the supermarket. Might be more effective for the $ |
godfather (25) | ||
| 333504 | 2005-03-15 21:11:00 | Do we ever grow up or just learn how to behave in public? Interesting to contemplate..... Hmmmnnn.... I think learning how to behave in public is a big part of growing up. And this includes abiding by the list rules, right, Jen? :D |
Strommer (42) | ||
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