After bench testing a variety of materials for capsule construction, I standardized on light weight wax-impregnated cardboard.
Kenwood THD7A connected to garmin Legend GPS in capsule 1. This picture was taken before the HT was stripped down to its most basic components.
I originally wanted to mount a pencam on the outside of the capsule 1 but flew the still camera instead.
Final testing of BEAR capsules at the Arctic Amateur Radio Club meeting.
Final testing of BEAR transmitters and Kenwood TM-D700/Avmap airplane tracking system.