[Az-Geocaching] Amateur Beacon / GeoCache..

[Brian Cluff]

Sounds like you might want to try out an idea that I had about keeping
caches where you put them.
Put the whole thing in an amo can with a chain welded onto it.  Then on the
other end of the chain pound about 5 feet of rebar into the ground.  It
won't keep a determined person from stealing it, but they will really have
to want to take it :)
I know when I get out in the middle of nowhere I sure don't want to waste a
bunch of energy trying to break a chain or dig up a long stake.

If anyone wants to try the above... Just lemme know and I can weld the whole
mess together for you.

Brian Cluff
Team Snaptek

----- Original Message -----
From: "C. Sullivan" <feedle@feedle.net>
To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Amateur Beacon / GeoCache..


> The "prototype" (more on that in a minute) is a BASIC Stamp PIC.  They
> cost around $40.  That provides the "intelligence" behind it.  The RF part
> is a crystal oscillator (cost: $4) and a small signal transistor and a
> couple of chokes/caps to act as a filter to keep the signal clean
> (think Chebyshev).  The solar cells and the AA batteries were both
> "surplus junk" I had lying around.  I suspect that one could probably put
> the whole thing together for around $60, even buying parts new.