Knees up … Mrs XYL

November 9, 2010

Don’t know about you, but  I’m not one for strenuous exercise.

My excuse is I do it all in my brain and that keeps me active, but I just had to have a go with this new website and application to hit the streets.

Map My Tracks is the outdoor social network for fitness enthusiasts. You can train, track & share your training or outdoor activities in real-time with friends, family, team mates or coaches.

Now that seems like hard work – but the concept is good. I think it would have many uses for radio and other projects too.

So rather than break up a sweat, I sent the XYL out on 30 minute run in the dark and rain with an ipod touch attached. The results are pretty impressive ( see them here ) plus she came back smiling too. :-)

Once the GPS had kicked in, it plotted the run very accurately even though the iPod touch was in her running jacket. When she arrived back home and on our wireless network the statistics of the run were synchronised with the profile we had created on the web site.

There are options to track live which requires an iPhone with 3G internet connection and you can also choose to share your plots or keep them private.

Overall I think that Map My Tracks is a fantastic idea. I’m sure there’s much more to come from these guys.

Try it yourself for free : http://www.mymaptracks.com

Andy – 2E0BLF

Categories: APRS, General
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iphone apps for Hams

October 9, 2010

With the weather outside being very autumnal and leaves falling not to mention the rain wind and threat of snow -  what better time than now to consider some cool new ham radio applications for the coolest gadget that fits in your palm of your hand.

According to the kids, nothing is cooler than the iPhone, so it is nice to discover some brand new ham radio iPhone apps.

On visiting the iTunes store, I was surprised how many ham radio apps there are. About a quarter of them are free!

Among the free apps are a satellite tracker, an EchoLink app, ham utilities, an APRS app, a Maidenhead converter, a direction finder, a HF beacon app, a VHF/UHF/SHF contest rover logger and a bunch of ham radio exam preparation apps.

If you are willing to part with some cash from pennys to a couple of pounds, there are a few pay for  ham radio apps, too.

If you visit the iTunes store to search for ham radio apps, be sure to search on both “ham radio” and “Amateur Radio,” since the search results are slightly different.

Some apps only show up in one or the other search results. There are also some pertinent apps that turn up when you search on “radio,” but that search also turns up a lot of apps not related to ham radio that you will have to wade through.

By the way, I offer no URL for the iTunes Store. If you have iTunes installed on your computer, you click on the “iTunes Store” button in iTunes and iTunes proceeds to access the store via the Internet. In other words, iTunes acts as your Web browser, but its browsing is limited to the iTunes Store.

If you don’t have iTunes installed on your computer, you can download it for free.

Enjoy

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