WA8LMF Mirror of WB4APR Website - 21 July 2008 TRACKING THE OLYMPIC TORCH

APRS Route of Olympic Torch

Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, US Naval Academy Satellite Lab, Annapolis, MD


Amateur Radio Operators nationwide were ready and willing to track the olympic torch run all across the USA in 1996. We built a complete torch with GPS and 1 watt VHF radio inside for tracking. But due to commerical interests, however, this volunteer grass roots effort was prohibited from transmitting the GPS data via amateur radio. The following was the route of the Torch.




javAPRS Commands (Case Insensitive)
U or D
zooms up/down (you may also use PGup/dn)
L, S, or M
List stations, Show Status or Messages to Java console
CTRL or ALT-click
Centers or Zooms map on clicked location
Arrow keys
scrolls map


Return to the APRS HOMEPAGE


The Naval Academy is a registered user of APRS and WinAPRS. The purpose of this web page is to show several applications currently in use at this site and should not be considered as an advertisement or an endorsement of any commercial product.

WA8LMF Mirror of WB4APR Website - 21 July 2008