Tracksoar News

The Following will walk you through unboxing your tracksoar and programming in your amateur radio callsign. Whats in the box: Tracksoar V2 with wire dipole antenna Battery tray with switch for 2x AA batteries Tracksoar retroreflective sticker Programming your...

After 3 years of of excellence its time to retire the Tracksoar V1 and on to an even better Tracksoar. We've gotten feedback from dozens of teams and added some of the most often requested features to Tracksoar V2. In addition to new features we've made it even easier...

Here is a list of links and pictures from projects using the Trackosar. We'll be updating the list as more stories are sent our way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBrzs1NfGnw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wadoo3xqo1w&t=6888s Project CODENAME: In depth write up...

Its been a while since we have posted any news, but we're happy to announce we are well on our way to releasing a new Tracksoar firmware. The new firmware cleans up a lot of old and unused code in the existing firmware, and adds some new often requested features. The...

We've received our first batch of Tracksoar stickers, which will be included with all Tracksoar orders. The stickers are 4" diameter high reflectivity vinyl, perfect for helping spot your payload once its landed. We'll also be at the Bay Area Maker Faire this year at...

We're happy to announce that we have dropped our average lead time from about a month to under a week. We were able to do this after the flurry of orders at the beginning of the year that allowed us to purchase a stock of Tracksoars. Previously we were building boards...

Its the beginning of weather balloon season and we were lucky enough to supply a Tracksoar to a group at UCLA on a recent weather balloon flight. You can read more about the flight and the data gathered here: https://w6yra.wordpress.com/pattern/balloon-proton/

After much work designing and testing a new revision of the Tracksoar has been released. Version 1.2's biggest change is moving from two separate sensors to measure temperature, pressure, and humidity to a single single sensor. In addition some minor changes have been...

While we continue to grind away on putting together a complete set of instructions and instructional video here are the basics:   Whats in the package:  1. Tracksoar Main Board (shown here without the Radiometrix Tranmsitter module). Note the version number just...