Ah, a fan of "The Art of Electronics". We did something similar by having our rockets transmit information to pcs on the ground in the Alaska Student Rocket Project. http://www.uaf.edu/asgp/sindex.htm
You should check it out to see if that is the kind of thing you would be interested in doing (I can guarantee it would meet your distance requirements:) ) But if you decide to email them the people you'll want to ask for specifically will be Greg Kvokov or Jay Helmericks. Good luck.
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Ah, a fan of "The Art of Electronics". We did something similar by having our rockets transmit information to pcs on the ground in the Alaska Student Rocket Project. http://www.uaf.edu/asgp/sindex.htm You should check it out to see if that is the kind of thing you would be interested in doing (I can guarantee it would meet your distance requirements :) ) But if you decide to email them the people you'll want to ask for specifically will be Greg Kvokov or Jay Helmericks. Good luck.