globalrider
Alps Adventurer
Ya know, Alex, companies get bought and sold all the time without warning or any kind of advance notice.
Which is why I'll stick to a world-wide government run system with no financial interests.
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Ya know, Alex, companies get bought and sold all the time without warning or any kind of advance notice.
I will be trying it out in Iceland this month.
Holly
They are all low power weaklings in real world conditions.
And what is it about companies that trash other systems just to tout their own? This video is just as much a sales pitch as the services and devices they and you are disparaging.
5 watt UHF beacons do not penetrate tree canopy as easily as the video would lead you to believe. Ask any ham radio operator who commonly uses a 5 watt handi-talkie on the 70 centimeter ham bands (420 - 450Mhz) and they'll tell you that UHF propagation is "line of sight". The video goes on to explain that 1.2Ghz GPS signals get absorbed by tree cover, snow, etc. Yep, they do, just like 406 Mhz. Both are UHF frequencies.
Carry both, Alex. When your family doesn't see your track move after days or weeks of following you, they'll make the 911 call for you....if you're worried about emergency response.
The Wall Street Journal recently announced that SPOT Satellite Messenger has received the prestigious 2008 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award in the Consumer Electronics category. This marks the sixth industry award for SPOT since being introduced in November of 2007.
I engaged my 911 mode of my Spot On and a lawyer showed up.