research

=Links=

General Buoy Information
[|Wikipedia: Buoy] [|National Data Buoy Center] [|National Oceanographic Data Center]

Other Buoys
[|Naval Academy Buoy]

Lead Acid Battery Charging
http://www.solarnavigator.net/battery_charging.htm

Lead Acid Battery Pros and Cons
http://www.buchmann.ca/chap2-page5.asp

Microcontroller
[|Microchip PIC18F4520 Datasheet] ***Prototyping Microcontroller*** [|Microchip PIC18F6722 Datasheet] *** Tentative Mission Microcontroller** *

TNCs
[|Byonics] [|Kantronics] [|PacComm] [|Timewave PK-96] [|3 V memory for TNC-X]

Radios
[|Radiometrix] [|ALINCO] [|Icom] [|Kenwood] [|AES]

GPS
[|Inventek] [|Sparkfun]

Antenna
[|Antenna Design]

Parts
[|Jameco] [|Digi-key] [|Mouser] [|Allied Electronics] [|Futurlec] [|Datasheet Archive]

[|Electromagnetic Radation Concept] [|Black Body Radiation]
 * Sensors**