I was able to control the phone screen through VNC and start the audio recording, Sensor logger, APRS and My tracks while it was sitting on the pad waiting for launch. The ground station was connected via 802.11g while the rocket was sitting on the launcher. Note: You can view the Google Doc prepared for this flight with more detail. Linksys Router with DD-WRT and Homebrew antenna.APRSIS32, VNCViewer, UZ7HO SoundModem Software TNC.SDR# tuned to the APRS frequency 144.390.Laptop with a RTL-SDR dongle and USB GPS.Map ground track using My Tracks for further analysis.Use the on-board smartphone sensors to record audio and accelerometer data.Use APRS for tracking using stock Ham radio equipment and smartphone.Have a successful launch and recover (of course!).It included the Mobilinkd bluetooth adapter, Baofeng Uv-5r HT and a eBay special android smartphone (appropriately from “Boost”). We finally got to launch it yesterday after a small delay due to field availability. Greg, N4KGL and I worked on a joint project to build and launch an APRS rocket payload.

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