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Saying "Goodbye" to the 70cm 16mw FM Beacon

Saying "Goodbye" to the 70cm 16mw FM Beacon
More than 20 years ago, I started BigRedBee with this 70 cm FM beacon.  These were designed to hunt down high power rockets hiding in the sage brus...

Mid Power VHF FM Beacon

Mid Power VHF FM Beacon
While the 5W 2M FM Beacon is no longer being sold, a new 1W FM Beacon is now available.   Features: Programmable IDstring (16 characters max) Pro...

Rolex Lowjack

Rolex Lowjack
A small RF transmitter that fits inside a Rolex!

Customized BRB Iridium SBD w/ u-blox GPS

  The BRB Iridium SBD transmitter is frequently customized, usually with small changes to the firmware requested by customers.  This version requir...

Transmitter Mounting Options

All BigRedBee transmitters come with the battery attached to the back of the board with a piece of heatshrink tubing binding the whole assembly tog...

High Altitude GPS operation

There are several considerations when choosing a GPS for high altitude rocketry flights.  The first is proper implementation of the CoCom limits.  ...