The GPS flight recorder for homing pigeons works : design and first results
This paper describes a first version of the GPS flight recorder for homing pigeons. The GPS recorder consists of a hybrid GPS board, a patch antenna 19*19 mm, a 3 V Lithium battery as power supply, a DCDC converter, a logging facility and an additional microprocessor. It has a weight of 33g. Prototypes were tested and worked reliably with a sampling rate of 1/sec and with an operation time of about 3 h. In first tests on homing pigeons 9 flight paths were recorded, showing details like loops flown immediately after the release, complete routes over 30 km including detours, rest periods and speed.
| Author: | Karen von Hünerbein, Hans-Joachim Hamann, Eckhard Rüter, Wolfgang Wiltschko |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-24206 |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 30.01.2006 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2000 |
| Publishing Institution: | Univ.-Bibliothek Frankfurt am Main |
| SWD-Keyword: | Brieftaube ; Flugdatenregistriergerät ; GPS <Satellitengeodäsie>; Orientierungsverhalten |
| Source: | Proceedings of the European Telemetry Conference 00, May 22nd-25th. Arbeitskreis Telemetrie e.V. Braunschweig: 232-241 |
| HeBIS PPN: | 225888785 |
| Institutes: | Biowissenschaften |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte Biologie | |
| Licence (German): |  Veröffentlichungsvertrag für Publikationen ohne Print on Demand |
