Ping Tracker

[Monte55]

I did some research but could not find an active website for the Drone Mods tracker, but I did find a link to an older thread on this subject. According to the poster, Drone Mods went out of business sometime after December 2017. There was a reference to that tracker using 2G on the AT&T network.

Mine last worked early Dec 2017. I forget the name of the company but I believed they had their own service. Some very large communications company.

Found it...GTX Corp

 

[Jetjockey6]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if it's close to a year before a majority of people actually see one. Not to throw cold water on anyone's hopes (because I know how that feels) but, the last time I signed up to buy the latest and greatest technology similar to this type of effort, it turned into a very long waiting game, even for the folks (like me) who got in on the first wave. I'd get occasional updates from them saying, essentially, "Hey, we didn't forget about you. It's just taking a lot longer than we expected." As with a lot of engineering driven efforts, they kept revising the design to cram more features into the device right up to when they started producing them. They kept apologizing for the delay, to the point where you could tell they were very uncomfortable with the progress. I eventually got mine, something close to a year after I signed up and paid my money. By then, I'd already found something else that would do much the same thing and I'd forgotten all about the device, until it showed up in my mailbox one day. I signed up for a Ping, and I hope they become available in something significantly less than a year, because it sounds like a much more cost effective solution to tracking your drone than Marco Polo. Until then, there's a lot of other things that will have my attention. Good luck to anyone else who's "on the list".

I bought Trackimo right after the P4P. It works well, doesn’t weigh much and the battery, depending on how one configures desired reporting, has a long life. I have used it when traveling and it never missed a beat. It rides on the P4P every flight.

Jim

 

[msinger]

My Ping is finally in transit.

 

[StanMI]

My Ping is finally in transit.

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WOOOOOOHOOOOOO, can't wait till hear how it works for you !!!!

 

[RunningWithScissors]

My Ping is finally in transit.

Congratulations!! Anxiously waiting for a report. Just for kicks, how long after you ordered did they ship it?

 

[msinger]

how long after you ordered did they ship it?

I ordered it on 1/31/2017. Well, it was a crowd funded pre-order.

 

[StanMI]

I ordered it on 1/31/2017. Well, it was a crowd funded pre-order.

If it does everything they said it would, I would think it was worth the wait !

 

[msinger]

I shall see soon. USPS is showing it's going to arrive on Saturday.

 

[bkushner]

My Ping is finally in transit.

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Congrats!!!!! Review please..

 

[msinger]

Some eye candy for you...

 

[msinger]

 

[bkushner]

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Are you keeping the Marco and Trackimo? I currently use BOTH.

 

[RunningWithScissors]

Me LIKE!

 

[msinger]

Are you keeping the Marco and Trackimo?

I'm keeping them, but I likely won't use all three of them.

 

[msinger]

Here's the sound the Ping GPS tracker plays to help you locate it. Anyone recognize the tune?

 

[StanMI]

MARIO'S WORLD

 

[StanMI]

Do I win a free tracker !!!!

 

[msinger]

Do I win a free tracker !!!!

Yep! The downside is you have to wait 1.5 years to get it like I did

 

[StanMI]

Yep! The downside is you have to wait 1.5 years to get it like I did

Yes, But you said I'm a WINNER !!!! Made my day !

Awaiting your post on a review with much anticipation !!!! Happy you finally got it !

 

[bkushner]

Yep! The downside is you have to wait 1.5 years to get it like I did

I ordered today and it says delivers in 2 weeks...