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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>What are your goals for the tracker? Trip tracking? After-theft recovery? Other? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>What kind of upfront and/or ongoing costs are you willing to endure?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>The answers to the above might make a difference in what you get.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>I’ve used a Byonics <a href="https://byonics.com/tinytrak4">TinyTrak</a> and had good results. As you can see from following the link it’s an APRS tracker, meaning it operates on the US amateur radio 2-meter band. As such, one does need an FCC amateur radio license to operate this unit. The lowest level (Technician) license will suffice and there is no longer a morse code requirement, in case you’re wondering. I studied for a couple of hours and passed the test with no issues, and a license is good for ten (10) years. Once you are licensed there are no ongoing fees to use the system. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>A nice feature of this unit is it stores or caches its data as you drive along, so if you are out and away from any repeaters it will still report a complete record of the trip. I used it in May to track my trip to California Healey Week, and was able to see my travels from Las Vegas to San Luis Obispo, CA, to and around the San Francisco Bay Area and back to Las Vegas over about ten (10) days. I’m pretty sure there were places driving across the desert where I was out of reach of any repeaters, but the data still showed up just fine. I use <a href="https://aprs.fi">https://aprs.fi</a> to display the nearby stations and my track when one is available, but there are other websites that offer the same basic service.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Separate but related to using a 2-meter tracker is combining the tracker with a voice transceiver. Doing so would allow replacing CB line-of-sight radios with 2-meter radios that can utilize the wide-spread and free repeater network – greatly improving communications between cars traveling together.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>On the other hand [away from the free APRS system], there are commercial services that will provide trackers that use cellular phones and/or private networks to transmit the data. Obviously, those come with a monthly fee.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>-----------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All the best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Al Fuller<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Warren Dietz<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 23, 2024 5:45 AM<br><b>To:</b> banjojohn via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Vehicle Tracking Devises<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Looking for a tracking device for the Healey. Any suggestions?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>