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Title: Cheap GPS Tracking. Post by: FordForever on September 22, 2006, 08:15:43 PM This company offers the starter kit for 99$. This might seem a little crude but this may work. They let you track a cell phone for 5.99 a month from their website. You pay 10.50$ a month to keep the prepaid nextel phone turned on. Total cost is 16.50 a month to track the phone. The phone is a prepay boost mobile phone and you go to boostmobile and add money when it gets low. (Thats how you take care of the 10.50 a month). You pay accutracking.com 5.99 a month. Accu gives you your first month free and the kit comes with $10.00 on your boostmobile account. So basically your first month is free.
With little to no electrical skills you can wire the phone to use the car charger and work off of your ATV battery. Pop the phone into a water resistint container and hide it somewhere on the quad. Depending on how often you ride, you might want to wire it to only charge the phone when the quad is running because new cell phones can go 4-5 days idle on a charge, your choice, I dunno. I dunno I just figured it might be worth a try. http://www.accutracking.com/ Sooo? Title: Re: Cheap GPS Tracking. Post by: Ida_Mann on September 23, 2006, 07:54:02 AM it certainly would be worth a try, but a GPS receiver needs a clear view of the sky to work,,,,especially the ones built into a cell phone.
Id@ Title: Re: Cheap GPS Tracking. Post by: JackL on September 23, 2006, 03:01:42 PM This sounds like a good idea until you consider an Garmin Etrex is $99 and
you can view it in realtime, like when you are lost. Title: Re: Cheap GPS Tracking. Post by: Ida_Mann on September 23, 2006, 04:04:14 PM This sounds like a good idea until you consider an Garmin Etrex is $99 and you can view it in realtime, like when you are lost. I think what the original poster was meaning this would be for is tracking a stolen quad. Id@ Title: Re: Cheap GPS Tracking. Post by: JackL on September 23, 2006, 05:38:35 PM OK, I didn't sleep last night so it went right over my head...
I suppose that would work well for tracking your stolen bike provided you put the ringer on vibrate. :) Personally I'm going to install OnStar on my bike. Haha BTW: To the OP, great idea. Title: Re: Cheap GPS Tracking. Post by: FordForever on September 23, 2006, 07:11:32 PM The phone does not have to ring to be tracked. You recieve real time tracking and it runs off of real GPS, not cell towers. And from what I have read, you can recieve signal inside of a car and in some buildings. I dont think a layer of plastic will stop the GPS signal.
Of course if you have the money, install onstar or motorcycle lowjack. But if your like most people which is worried about a stolen quad and low on cash this might be an alternative. Title: Re: Cheap GPS Tracking. Post by: FordForever on September 23, 2006, 07:15:50 PM This sounds like a good idea until you consider an Garmin Etrex is $99 and you can view it in realtime, like when you are lost. I seriously wish I had enough riding area to get lost on...The 20 acres beside my lot hardly require the need of GPS navigation. The cops put an end to my riding fun. Title: Re: Cheap GPS Tracking. Post by: JackL on September 24, 2006, 09:38:57 AM The phone does not have to ring to be tracked. You recieve real time tracking and it runs off of real GPS, not cell towers. And from what I have read, you can recieve signal inside of a car and in some buildings. I dont think a layer of plastic will stop the GPS signal. Of course if you have the money, install onstar or motorcycle lowjack. But if your like most people which is worried about a stolen quad and low on cash this might be an alternative. I know, I was meaning so the thieves don't hear it ringing a wrong #and shut it off. That is a cool deal, I'm thinking of getting one to use for the unlimited data plan as well as track my GF's car. :) It is cheap. I like it. As for onstar, I can hear it now. "Sir, I see you are stuck..is everything ok?" haha Title: Re: Cheap GPS Tracking. Post by: FordForever on September 24, 2006, 06:24:39 PM The phone does not have to ring to be tracked. You recieve real time tracking and it runs off of real GPS, not cell towers. And from what I have read, you can recieve signal inside of a car and in some buildings. I dont think a layer of plastic will stop the GPS signal. Of course if you have the money, install onstar or motorcycle lowjack. But if your like most people which is worried about a stolen quad and low on cash this might be an alternative. I know, I was meaning so the thieves don't hear it ringing a wrong #and shut it off. That is a cool deal, I'm thinking of getting one to use for the unlimited data plan as well as track my GF's car. :) It is cheap. I like it. As for onstar, I can hear it now. "Sir, I see you are stuck..is everything ok?" haha Ahah thats funny... |