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Index of Biotelemetry Equipment Manufacturers

 

Radio/Satellite

Advanced Telemetry Systems Inc.

Merlin Systems, Inc.

Andreas Wagener Telemetrieanlagen

Microwave Telemetry Inc.

AVM Instrument Company, Ltd.

Mini-Mitter Co., Inc.

Ayama Radio Tracking

Sirtrack Limited

Biotelemetrics, Inc.

Telemetry Solutions

Biotrack Ltd.

Telenax

BlueSky Telemetry Ltd.

Televilt International AB

Custom Electronics of Urbana, Inc.

Telonics Inc.

Custom Telemetry Co.

Tenxsys

Data Sciences International, Inc.

Titley Electronics

Environmental Studies

Toma Track

GFT - Gesellschaft für Telemetriesysteme mbH

Toyocom

Grant Systems Engineering Inc.

TSE GmbH

H.A.B.I.T. Research

VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH

Holohil Systems Ltd.

Widlife Computers

Lotek Wireless Inc.

Wildlife Materials Inc.

Mariner Radar Ltd.

Wildlife Track Inc

Medtronic Promeon

Wildlife Tracking Systems

Ultrasonic

Biosonics Inc.

Sonotronics

Grant Systems Engineering Inc.

THELMA AS

Hydroacoustic Technology, Inc.

Vemco

Lotek Wireless, Inc.

 

PIT Tags

Biomark

Ensid

 

 

Other/Custom

GFT - Gesellschaft für Telemetriesysteme mbH

 

Grant Systems Engineering Inc.

 

The Sexton Company

 

 

 


Advanced Telemetry Systems Inc.
P.O. Box 398
470 First Avenue North
Isanti, MN 55040

Contact: Larry Kuechle
Phone: +1.763.444.9267
Fax: +1.763.444.9384
e-mail: sales@atstrack.com
Web: http://www.atstrack.com
Additional Info:

·         Anne Wakeford (fishery biologist)

·         Brent Howze (wildlife biologist)

Andreas Wagener Telemetrieanlagen
Herwarthstr. 22
D - 50672 Koeln
Germany
Contact: Andreas Wagener
Phone: (+int 221 514966)
Fax: (+int 221 514966)
e-mail: Andreas.Wagener@t-online.de
Web:
Additional Info:

·          Products - transmitters, receivers, antennas, and other helpful equipment for the researcher.

AVM Instrument Company, Ltd.
PO Box 1898
1213 South Auburn Street
Colfax, California 95713 USA
Contact: Barbara Kermeen
Phone: 1-530-346-6300
Fax: 1-530-346-6306
e-mail: bckermeen@avminstrument.com
Web: www.avminstruments.com
Additional Info:

Ayama Radio Tracking
133 Bajos, Camí Ral
Mataró 08301
Barcelona  Spain
Contact: Ignacio Amaya
Phone: (93) 7905862
Fax: (93) 7964932
e-mail: ayamast@lix.intercom.es
Web:
Additional Info:

Biotelemetrics, Inc.
6520 Contempo Lane
Boca Raton, FL 33433
USA

Contact:
Phone: 561-394-0315
Fax: 561-394-0315
e-mail: biotran@ix.netcom.com
Web: http://www.biotelemetrics.com
Additional Info:

·          Surgical implantation and tissue compatibilty.

·          Extensive experience and former faculty member of Case Western Reserve Medical School.

·          Currently providing telemetry equipment for the National Institutes Of Health and NASA.

·          Custom design of surgically implantable transmitters.

·          Recent implantation of infrared-powered transmitters in human subjects for the elimination of batteries.

Biomark
Contact:
Phone:
Fax:
e-mail: biomark@micron.net
Web: www.biomark.com
Additional Info:

·          Distributor of Destron and AVID tags, passive tags.

BioSonics, Inc.
4027
Leary Way NW
Seattle, Washington
USA
98107
Phone: (206)782-2211
Fax: (206) 782-2244
Contact: Bob McClure, Director for Marketing and Sales
e-mail: sales@biosonicsinc.com
Web Site: www.biosonicsinc.com
Specialties:

·         Hydroacoustic (SONAR) for Underwater Habitat Assessment and Monitoring (plankton, fish, vegetation, sediment classification).

·         Mobile or fixed-location applications

·         Tracking of untagged fish and other underwater targets

·         Advanced equipment, software, systems, and consulting to meet any underwater assessment need.

Biotrack Ltd.
52 Furzebrook Road
Wareham
, Dorset BH20 5AX
United Kingdom
Contact: Brian Cresswell or Sean Walls
Phone: +44.1929.552.992
Fax: +44.1929.554.948
e-mail: brian@biotrack.co.uk or sean@biotrack.co.uk
Web:
Additional Info:

BlueSky Telemetry Ltd.
PO Box 7500,
Aberfeldy, Scotland PH15 2YG
,
UK
Contact: Dr. Ian Hulbert - Managing Director
Phone: +44 (0) 1887 820816
Fax: +44 (0) 1887 820844
e-mail: i.hulbert@blueskytelemetry.com
Web:
www.blueskytelemetry.com
Additional Info:

  • R&D of GPS units for wildlife telemetry applications
  • GPS wildlife telemetry collars
  • GPS wildlife telemetry collars with integrated GSM/Sat phones
  • Sound activated GPS collars
  • Sound recording wildlife recorders
  • Miniaturized GPS units for small mammals
  • Related scientific consultancy.

Custom Electronics of Urbana, Inc.
2009
Silver Ct. W.
Urbana, Illinois
USA
61801
Contact: Barbara or Tony
Phone: +1.217.344.3460
Fax: +1.217.344.3460
e-mail: CUSTOMEL@aol.com
Web:
http://members.aol.com/~customel/
Additional Info:

Custom Telemetry Co.
1050 Industrial Drive
Watkinsville, Georgia
USA 30677
Contact:
Phone: +1.706.769.4024
Fax: +1.706.769.4026
e-mail:
Web:
Additional Info:

Data Sciences International, Inc.
4211 Lexington Avenue North
St.Paul, MN 55126

Contact: Laura Lambert
Phone: (612) 481-7400
Fax: (612) 481-7417
e-mail: information@datasci.com
Web: http://www.datasci.com/
Additional Info:

ENSID Technologies
Private Bag 99940
Newmarket
Auckland
New Zealand
Ph: +64-9-3752052
Fax +64-9-4458236
e-mail: industrial - r.clarke@ensid.com , fisheries - ensid_info@yahoo.co.nz
Web: www.ensid.com
Additional Info:

·         Ross Clarke, Sales and Marketing Manager (Industrial) r.clarke@ensid.com

·         Derrick Parkinson, Sales and Marketing Manager (Fisheries), ensid_info@yahoo.co.nz

·         Manufactures of Food Safe RFID products. Namely plastic coated passive integrated transponder tags.

GFT - Gesellschaft für Telemetriesysteme mbH
Eichenweg 26
D-25358 Horst
Contact: Rolf Laschefski-Sievers
Phone: +49-(0)4126-3879-3/5
Fax: +49-(0)4126-3879-4
e-mail: RLS.GFTMBH@T-Online.de
Web
Additional Info:

·          Specializing in producing anykind of radio telemetry devices from small transmitters <= 1g up to Argos PTTs and GPS tags. Furthermore we develop hardware and software according to customer specifications.

Grant Systems Engineering Inc.
111 Manitou Drive
King City, ON
Canada L7B 1E7

Contact:
Cam Grant, MSc. P.Eng.
Phone: (905) 833-0061
Fax: (905) 833-0090
e-mail: cgrant@grant.ca
Web: www.grantsystems.com
Additional Info:

·          Specializing in custom hardware and software designed or adapted for specific applications. Consulting on study design, field applications for various tecnologies, radio telementry training.

·          Grant Systems Engineering Inc. has developed the MITAS distributed DSP receiving system for large and fixed installations, and offers a number of other innovative problem solving products such as antennas, antenna switches, amplifiers, beacon transmitters, radio tags, and others. Orion is a new DSP receiver for smaller scale research projects, with modular boards that allow a variety of input and output modes.

·          The orion DSP receiver may be configured with an acoustic front end to permit monitoring of ultrasonic tags at various frequencies and coding schemes. Hydrophones are also planned to be available in 2004.

·          The Pisces transmitter is the only field programmable radio tag of its kind.

Environmental Studies
Am Herberhaeuser Weinberge 23
D-37075 Goettingen
Germany
Contact: Uli Fielitz
Phone +49 (0)551 21350
Fax +49 (0)551 25611
e-mail: mail@environmental-studies.de
Web: www.environmental-studies.de
Additional Info:

·          GPS collars for wildlife (mammals, birds). First to introduce remote collar communication via mobile phone system in animal tracking, also use UHF communication. The location data of the collared animals are sent as an SMS direct to the office. Also manufacture Argos terminals.

H.A.B.I.T. Research
692
Sumas St.,
Victoria
, B.C. Canada
V8T 4S6
Contacts: Dr. Jeff Goodyear & Bob Birkholder.
Phone: 250-381-9425
Fax: 250-381-9426
e-mail: info@habitresearch.com
Web: http://www.habitresearch.com
Additional Info:

·         Transmitters for creatures great and small- near and far, hoofed, winged crawling or propelled by fins. If its on the move... Its location we'll prove!. Advanced compact logging scanner receivers (point and shoot camera size). Next generation flexible antennas. GPS, ARGOS, VHF, Extra channels for data telemetry.

Holohil Systems Ltd.
112 John Cavanaugh Drive
Carp, Ontario
Canada K0A 1L0

Contact:
Phone: 613-839-0676
Fax: 613-839-0675
e-mail: info@holohil.com
Web: www.holohil.com
Additional Info:

Hydroacoustic Technology, Inc.
715 NE Northlake Way
Seattle, WA 98105-6429

Contact: Bruce Ransom Support: Support@HTIsonar.com
Phone: (206) 633-3383
Fax: (206) 633-5912
e-mail:support@htisonar.com
Web:www.htisonar.com
Additional Info:

·         HTI manufactures a complete ultrasonic tag tracking system.

Lotek Wireless Inc.
115 Pony Drive
Newmarket, Ontario
Canada L3Y 7B5

Contact: John VandenElzen
Phone: +1.905.836.6680
Fax: +1.905.836.6455
e-mail: telemetry@lotek.com
Web: www.lotek.com
Additional Info:

Mariner Radar Ltd.
Bridleway, Campsheath
Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 5DN
England
Contact: John French
Phone: +44.1502.567.195
Fax: +44.1502.567.762
e-mail:
Web:
Additional Info:

Medtronic Promeon
6700 Shingle Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center, MN 55430

Contact: Adel F. Dimian, Ph.D.: Business Development Manager
Phone: 612-514-1968
Fax: 612-514-1156 (fax)
e-mail: adel.dimian@medtronic.com
Web:www.medtronic.com
Additional Info:

·          Offering long life (7-10 year), hermetic power supplies chemistries include lithium iodine and lithium thionyl chloride.

Merlin Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 190257
Boise, ID 83719

Contact: Ed Levine
Phone: (208) 362-2254
Fax: (208) 362-2140
e-mail: merlin@cyberhighway.net
Web:
Additional Info

Microwave Telemetry Inc.
10280 Old
Columbia Road, Suite 260
Columbia, Maryland
USA 21046
Contact:
Phone: +1.410.290.8672
Fax: +1.410.290.8847
e-mail: Microwt@aol.com
Web:
Additional Info:

·          Specializing in miniature Argos satellite transmitters for tracking birds. Units are being used on many other animals from elephants to whales. Smallest unit weighs under 30 grams complete.

Mini-Mitter Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 3386
Sunriver, Oregon
USA
97707
Contact:
Phone: +1.503.593.8639
Fax: +1.503.593.5604
e-mail: mm@minimitter.com
Web:
Additional Info:

Sirtrack Limited
Private Bag 1403
Goddard Lane, Havelock North 4201
New Zealand
Contact: Rowan Calder
Phone: +64 6 877 7736
Fax: +64 6 877 5422
e-mail: calderr@sirtrack.com
Web: www.sirtrack.com
Additional Info:

·          if no reply resend to sirtrack@sirtrack.com

·          Custom designers, manufactures and suppliers of wildlife tracking equipment globally.

Sonotronics
1130 E. Pennsylvania St.
Suite 505

Tucson, Arizona
USA
85714
Contact: Marlin Gregor
Phone: +1.602.746.3322
Fax: +1.602.294.2040
e-mail: mgregor@azstarnet.com
Web:
Additional Info:

Telemetry Solutions
5063 Commercial Circle, Suite E
Concord, CA 94520
Contact: Quintin Kermeen
Phone: (925)  798-1942
Fax: (925) 798-0574
e-mail: qkermeen@telemetrysolutions.com
Web: www.telemetrysolutions.com
Additional Info:

  • Wildlife telemetry manufacturing, GPS collars.

Telenax
Libertad 49, Col. Portales
México, D.F. C.P.03300
Contact: Alex Campos, Telecommunications Engineer / Telemetry Specialist
Phone:(52)(55)5532-2531
Fax: (52)(55)5532-2531
e-mail: alexcampos@telenax.com
Web: www.telenax.com
Additional Info:

Televilt
Bandygatan 2
SE-7113 Lindesberg
Sweden
Contact: Hans Skatter or Per-Arne Lemnell
Phone: +46.581.17195
Fax: +46.581.17196
e-mail: hans.skatter@televilt.se or per-arne.lemnell@televilt.se
Web: www.televilt.se
Additional Info:

Telonics Inc.
932 East Impala Avenue
Mesa, Arizona
USA
25204
Contact:
Phone: +1.602.892.4444
Fax: +1.602.892.9139
e-mail: info@telonics.com
Web:
Additional Info:

TenXsys Inc.
408 South Eagle Road
Suite 201

Eagle, ID 83616

Contact:
Frank Riskey, President
Phone: 208-938-8110 x102
Fax: 208-938-8107
e-mail:
Web:
www.tenxsys.com
Additional Info:

·          We have specialties including audio monitoring dB level and actual waveform recording in very small form factors, and 2 way data radios for real time or post-study configuration and control.

The Sexton Company
The Sexton Company LLC dba Sexton Photographics
860 E Street NE,
Salem, OR 97301 USA
Contact:
Phone: 503-371-6239, 503-910-1222
Fax: 503-371-0994
e-mail: kens@thesextonco.com
Web: www.thesextonco.com
Additional Info:

·          Designers and manufacturers of custom underwater housings for still and video cameras, strobes, dataloggers, fluorescence meters, and other instruments for 30 years, and have been making telemetry housings since 1979. We do design in CAD and have CNC capability.

THELMA AS
Post box 6170, Sluppen
N-7435
TRONDHEIM
NORWAY
Contact: Bård Holand
Phone: +47 73 87 78 04 (Bård Holand)
Fax: +47 73 87 78 01
e-mail: telemetry@thelma.no
Web: http://www.thelma.no/static/telemetry.html
Additional Info:

·          Since 2002 THELMA has been developing instrumentation for use both in aquatic animal research and aquaculture. In general this activity is based upon three decades of experience within acoustic fish telemetry. In addition to our standard range of products, THELMA is very interested in developing custom made transmitters/equipment for - and in cooperation with - researchers.

Titley Electronics
P.O. Box 19
BALLINA NSW 2478
AUSTRALIA
Contact: Craig Morrison.
Phone; 61 2 6601 1017
Fax; 61 2 6686 6617
email: craigm@titley.com.au
Web:www.titley.com.au
Additional Info:

·          Manufacturers of the AnaBat bat detection and identification system, and radio telemetry equipment - operating under a quality system based on the international standard, ISO 9002.

Toma Track
Po Emilia Alarcos No 1
28250 Torrelodones
Madrid
Spain
Contact: Tom Alanko
Phone: +34 91 859 4217
Fax:
e-mail: tom.alanko@tomatrack.com
Web: http://www.tomatrack.com
Additional Info:

  • Distributor of Telemetry Solutions GPS collars in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Toyocom
20-4, Nishi-Shimbaxhi 3-chome
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105
Japan
Contact:
Phone: +03.3459.7320
Fax: +03.3436.1434
e-mail:
Web:
Additional Info:

·         Toyocom Chicago , Phone: +1.708.593.8780, Fax: +1708.593.5678

·         Toyocom LA, Phone: +1.714.668.9081, Fax: +1.714.668.9158

·         Although Toyocom manufactures Argos transmitters for use in biotelemetry, they are normally not interested in small projects requiring custom manufacturing.

TSE GmbH
Saalburgstraße 157
D-61350
Bad Homburg / Germany
Contact:
Phone: +49-(0) 6172-789 285
Fax: +49-(0) 6172-789 575
e-mail: info@tse-systems.de
Web: http://www.TSE-Systems.de
Additional Info:

VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH
Carl-Scheele-Str. 12
D-12489
Berlin
Germany
Contact: Robert Schulte
Phone: +49 30 6789 4990
Fax: +49 30 6789 5230
e-mail: mail@vectronic-aerospace.com
Web: www.vectronic-aerospace.com
 Additional Info:

·          Manufacturer of GPS Collars with UHF bi-directional data communication - GPS GSM Collars - GPS ARGOS Collars - ARGOS Collars - VHF Collars

Vemco
100 Osprey Drive
Shad Bay, Nova Scotia
Canada B3L 2C1

Contact: Dale Webber
Phone: +1.902.852.3047
Fax: +1.902.852.4000
e-mail: dmwebber@vemco.com
Web: www.vemco.com
Additional Info:

Wildlife Computers
8345 154th Ave NE
Redmond
, WA
USA
98052
Phone: +1.425.881.3048
Fax: +1.425.881.3405
e-mail: tags@wildlifecomputers.com
Website: www.wildlifecomputers.com
Additional Info:

Specializing in tags for various types of ecological research, including marine, avian, and terrestrial applications. We design and manufacture Argos satellite-linked tags, including a pop-up tag (PAT), and archival tags of a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and battery configurations. We offer a Fast-GPS tag featuring Wildtrack Telemetry, Ltd., Fastloc© technology, which provides sub-second GPS acquisitions. Communication and analysis software included with tag order. We maintain a tradition of working with researchers to develop custom tags for special applications.

Wildlife Materials Inc.
1031 Autumn Ridge Road
Carbondale, IL
USA
62901
Contact: Robert E Hawkins, Joyce Sanders
Phone: +1.618.549.6330
Fax: +1.618.457.3340
e-mail: wmi@midwest.net
Additional Info:

Wildlife Track Inc.
Wildlife Track Inc.
5438 Betty Circle
Livermore, CA 94550

Contact:
Phone: 925-294-9481
Fax: 925-294-9481
e-mail: sales@wildlifetrack.com
Web: www.wildlifetrack.com
Additional Info:

Wildlife Tracking Systems
Bush House
Muckley Farm
Bridgnorth
Shropshire
WV16 4RW
ENGLAND
Contact:
Phone: ++44 (o)1746714062, ++44 (0)7860832349
Fax: ++44 (o)1746714062
e-mail.wildlifetracking@easynet.co.uk
Web: www.wildlifetracking.co.uk
Additional Info:

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