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What Tracking Technology Does Quictrak Use?

Kennedy

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Kennedy

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Hey Guys,

I've decided that vehicle tracking is the shit and a must have to take care of my new boy racer investment...

I was wodering how the Quiktrak netwrok operates? I've heard of one tracking company that relies on teh Optus GPRS network. To be honest, I wouldn't feel safe knowing that my car ws being tracked by a system as inconsistent as mobile-telco GPRS. Do Quitrak use the same or something different?

Cheers in advance.

Sam

siksII Grand Master

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make sure u have a good look at coverage maps, as in sydney it does not cover to very far, ie not past penrith or on the other end hornsby (last i knew)

when i had it, they used three towers located around sydney to triangulate your position, they do not use the mobile phone network.

i used to have quicktrack and it was a good service for most of the time, but sometimes a bit unreliable, ie. they did not know where the car was when they called me if the alarm went off.

i would reccomend ezitrak instead. uses gps and gsm so more chance of coverage wherever u are.

http://www.ezitrak.com.au/index.htm

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Dont bother with QuickTrak, Ive had one for about 3 years and I can honestly say, it's not worth it. They call you occasionally when the alarm does not sound, sometimes it sounds and they dont call, sometimes it sounds and they dont call for 10minutes. They're not all that well organised.

There are better, GPS systems on the market for similar money. (read: expensive)

Chris Rogers Grand Master

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and I'll put a stinger on the GSM based ones. I could almost guarantee you I could take off in your car with the GSM /GPS based item on it. one little black box used in hospitals is all I would need.

Quicktrak uses spread sprectrum technology. whilst GSM is on one frequency for a second or two and then hops to another ( 900mhz band) spread spectrum is transmitting on ALL frequencies 800-900mhz . theres not a lot that can be done to jam it. tracking is done via towers and they have put up a few more around sydney to my understanding. brissy have 7-8 of them that I can find with help of the QT people in sydney.

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siksII

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that is true, but i would expect that (most) theives would assume a normal alarm and take off with the car without such a device, and in sydney it would not take long for them to get out of the coverage area.

another main point is that in sydney anyway the service is not always reliable (the opposite of what u want for this sort of thing!)

and with either system as a standalone solution if its an experienced theif they will be able to start and take off with the car no problems, just hope that u can track their position after they have taken off..

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Chris Rogers

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with either system as a standalone solution if its an experienced theif they will be able to start and take off with the car no problems, just hope that u can track their position after they have taken off..

as a point. I have fitted this system on a fleet of council ferries here in brissy. when they are set off I know it and council knows it. they had GSM units on them and they couldnt locate/track them due to interference.

as for a car application: they are battery back up and the transmitter and wiring is coded as stealth. given that the unit is hidden properly they wont have time to remove the unit.

siksII Grand Master

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as a point. I have fitted this system on a fleet of council ferries here in brissy. when they are set off I know it and council knows it. they had GSM units on them and they couldnt locate/track them due to interference.

as for a car application: they are battery back up and the transmitter and wiring is coded as stealth. given that the unit is hidden properly they wont have time to remove the unit.

I am aware of your support for the quiktrak way of doing things, and agree that it is a good system, (i spoke to you on caraudioaustralia i believe, i am redr33 on there :) )

in my experience either system is only as good as the installer and yes i know its all 'stealth' but even in the hardest of places it does not take long to disable or find, especially if you are not worried about breaking some interior bits while u are at it.. I have had quicktrak and knew where it was and where it is in most other cars.. and now have ezitrak...

i reckon any theif with knowledge of skylines could find either one easy, either way any tracker is heaps better than a normal alarm, cant do much else :)

maybe in sydney the coverage and service is not as good as in brisbane, because for my purposes, ezitrak has got my vote this time around. im sure we could have some good arguments over this for hours :)

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