rzh@lll-lcc.UUCP (Roger Hanscom) (06/05/89)
Here is something that may be of use to the person who is looking
for a directional device to help a blind individual find "home".
Pan-Com International (a division of Panaxis Productions, PO
Box 130, Paradise, Ca 95967-0130 916/534-0417) sells plans
for a "tailing transmitter" sytem that is intended to be attached
to a vehicle, and can be followed with a direction finding loop
antenna. Cost is less than $15. See p.7 of their catalog.
It might work here, although the person trying to find home
would have to be the one carrying the direction finding loop
antenna -- that could be cumbersome (an umbrella wired with a
loop?? @:^) ). Just a thought!
roger rzh%freedom.llnl.gov@lll-lcc.llnl.gov
{uunet,ames,ucbvax,..}!lll-lcc!freedom!rzh
Upstairs, Over a Vacant Lot, Inc.makela@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) (06/13/89)
Radio-amateurs have so-called "fox hunt" games, which include a transmitter (around the size of a shoe box) and a small (hold in your palm) directional receiver. The game idea is to find the transmitter, which has been hidden somewhere. These work on the ham frequencies, so you would need to get a licence for these. I'm not sure if you could make a CB version of these... Otto J. Makela, University of Jyvaskyla InterNet: makela@tukki.jyu.fi, BitNet: MAKELA_OTTO_@FINJYU.BITNET BBS: +358 41 211 562 (V.22bis/V.22/V.21, 24h/d), Phone: +358 41 613 847 Mail: Kauppakatu 1 B 18, SF-40100 Jyvaskyla, Finland, EUROPE "In the week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbelievable frenzy, an old crone came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul." - Frank Herbert, Dune