Tracksoar APRS

A project in Goleta, CA by mike bales
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The Tracksoar APRS tracker is the smallest, lightest, ready to fly open source APRS tracker.
Backers: 103
Average Pledge Per Backer: $156

Funded: $16,046 of $22,000
Dates: Oct 9th -> Nov 8th (31 days)
Project By: mike bales
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Latest News

Down To The Wire

November 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, its been a busy week as we wind down our Kickstarter campaign. As a final hoorah we'll be at the SoCal MakerCon on Saturday 11/7 at the Santa Barbara Hackerspace booth. If you'd like to see a Tracksoar demo board in the wild this is your... (Read More)

Some New Perks And Hello Hackaday!

October 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Tracksoar has been featured on Hackaday: http://hackaday.com/2015/10/28/tiny-radio-tracks-your-balloons/#comment-2776165 and we couldn't be more excited. In honor of this mighty feat we are pleased to announce a few perks we have been working on. ... (Read More)

Halfway There

October 26th - via: kickstarter.com
 Here's the video from the Texas launch with a Tracksoar on board. We're halfway to out funding goal, thank you to everyone who has backed us and gotten us this far. We're working hard to continue spreading the word and finish the last two week of... (Read More)

Weather ballooning guide

October 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, in order to make the Tracksoar as accessible as possible we put together a guide to your first balloon launch, available here: https://www.tracksoar.com/a-tutorial-for-launching-your-first-balloon/ We'll be updating it regularly and will... (Read More)

Featured on BackerClub.co

October 20th - via: kickstarter.com
We are excited to be featured on BackerClub.co this week! They are the top community for people who are very serious about Kickstarter and we are really looking forward to the feedback and support from their community of super-backers!  (Read More)

Tracksoar + HAM Shield

October 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, we've added some new rewards to our campaign. We have partnered with the team behind the HAM Shield, which had a wildly successful Kickstarter to bring you the ultimate APRS package.  The new tiers include a Tracksoar and HAM Shield... (Read More)

Independent Flight Test

October 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Plot of Tracksoar location and altitude data from the flight We sent a Tracksoar to a team in Texas who had never launched a weather balloon before for further testing and to show just how easy it is to use. They launched their balloon at 6am CST... (Read More)

Upcoming Tracksoar flight

October 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Exciting news! We found a group in Texas putting together a last minute balloon launch in need of an APRS tracker. We over nighted them a Tracksoar demo board and they've got it up and reporting. This is their first ever experience with APRS and... (Read More)

Tracksoar is an open source APRS tracker

October 12th - via: blog.atmel.com
The Tracksoar is a small, lightweight and ready-to-fly APRS tracker that’s simplifying high-altitude ballooning. (Read More)

Assembled Boards Now Available In Cananda

October 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Our neighbors to the North can now purchase fully assembled Tracksoars. We cannot edit the description but upon selecting the fully assembed board as your reward the option to ship to Canana will be available.   (Read More)

Tracksoar Comparison

October 10th - via: kickstarter.com
We've added a chart to make comparing Tracksoar to the competition easier, take a look at: https://www.tracksoar.com/tracksoar-comparison/  (Read More)

Our First Day A Success

October 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Our first day went way better than I had hoped, thank you to everyone who backed us and helped us get to 10% of our goal in the first 24 hours. We still have a ways to go but I'm confident we can make Tracksoar a success. I have published the full... (Read More)

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