Radio tracking a tortoise - help!
 

Every year, Shelly the tortoise gets lost or manages to escape the garden.
It can take days to find her. I would like to build a locating device so
that I can track her down.
The basic requirements a

a) that the 'transmitter (transponder?) on the tortoise is as small as
possible.

b) that it can be made by an electronics numpty. I have basic soldering
skills, and can eventually work out a circuit diagram.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

TIA
Floatything (an escapee from uk.rec.sailing)

Radio tracking a tortoise - help!
 

"Floatything" wrote in message
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Every year, Shelly the tortoise gets lost or manages to escape the garden.
It can take days to find her. I would like to build a locating device so
that I can track her down.
The basic requirements a

Use a blob of epoxy resin with a long string stuck in it and tie it to a
post! Either that or glue a mobile to it and call each night - you should
hear the ringtone. You can already get small tracking devices if you look
on a search engine such as GOOGLE.
I didn't think people still had tortoise! They go for between £400 and £500
in the UK depending on the seller and people in some countries eat the poor
things. They turn them upside down and cut the insides out. Quite
revolting.

Radio tracking a tortoise - help!
 

where are you? You would be better with a small receiver and glued to Shelly
and a little Ipod booster transmitter you could walk round until you heard
the music playing. Get a small cheep FM radio for Shelly and just tune to
your own frequency. Totally illegal in the UK of course, but who's going to
come looking for you? If your in the UK that would be a cracking project
for some interested ham types but they would be unwilling to break any
rules. legally You could use 446 PMR about £20 a pair and some of them are
tiny.

Radio tracking a tortoise - help!
 

Perhaps Shelly is looking for Sheldon
So get another turtle (;-)
All in good fun
A small transmitter and a DF receiver should do it, if you check daily on
Shelly's where abouts
Or do you have a fast tortise (;-) ?

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CL -- I doubt, therefore I might be !






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where are you? You would be better with a small receiver and glued to
Shelly
and a little Ipod booster transmitter you could walk round until you heard
the music playing. Get a small cheep FM radio for Shelly and just tune to
your own frequency. Totally illegal in the UK of course, but who's going
to
come looking for you? If your in the UK that would be a cracking project
for some interested ham types but they would be unwilling to break any
rules. legally You could use 446 PMR about £20 a pair and some of them are
tiny.