[meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunting Personal Locator Beacon

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:36:17 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <481216.19368.qm_at_web53105.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

George and List,

  Thank you George! Thank you for your valuable comments and experience.

BTW; what was the background sound (radio-like transmission) on the CBS news report posted on YouTube on my site? Please take a close listen to the part where they are interviewing the former Ambassador. This signal appears at least in two intervals.

I am asking about all types of PLB in locations that are far away from civilization such as deserts overseas where air traffic and rescue may be a challenge. All meteorite hunters should consider this tool possibility. Not all places have phone coverage.

Wikipedia for more types of PLB devices: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distress_radiobeacon

Dirk Ross...Tokyo

--- On Thu, 11/11/10, GeoZay at aol.com <GeoZay at aol.com> wrote:

> From: GeoZay at aol.com <GeoZay at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunting Personal Locator Beacon
> To: drtanuki at yahoo.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 11:20 PM
>
>
> >>Does anyone have any personal? use experience
> of a PLB (Personal Locator
> Beacon)?? Some places meteorite? hunters go do
> not have cell phone coverage>>
>
>
> My wife is an avid? back packer. I often don't go on
> these hikes, but I
> still worry about where? she's at and her status when
> she hikes. So we got her
> this device called SPOT.? It allows her to send one of
> three preset signals
> from just about anywhere. the? signals are: 1) Hi its
> Deana and I'm doing
> fine and having fun. 2) I'm having? trouble, but don't
> need to be rescued. 3)
> I'm in a serious bind and need to be? rescued. So far
> I've only got the
> first signal from her. When I get these? signals, it
> also shows her exact
> location on a topog map. She usually sends her? signal
> in the evening. Sometimes
> she sends it twice...once around lunch time and? then
> the evening. On some
> occasions, I don't get the signal because she's down?
> in a hole and the signal
> doesn't always get out. But most of the time it does.?
> So as a back up, we
> agreed that she will try to send a signal during lunch
> time? if able. This
> device is very reasuring. I can compare her location to
> the? various weather
> radar images, so I usually know if she's in deep doo doo or
> not? when it
> comes to weather. Besides owning the device, you have to
> pay a yearly? fee for
> the service itself. Its fairly expensive, but if used often
> its worth it? in
> my book. I used it last September while on a ten day canoe
> trip on the
> Green? River in Utah. I was with a group, so the
> signal went to a family member
> of one? of our group. He then passed the info to other
> family members etc.
> George? Zay?
>
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