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If you don't want to pay a subscription, a good option is a Personal Locator Beacon (commonly abbreviated to PLB). Another advantage they have is that the batte
by EL_Loco 7y ago
If you don't want to pay a subscription, a good option is a Personal Locator Beacon (commonly abbreviated to PLB). Another advantage they have is that the batteries last for 5 years or more, and usually send a stronger signal (this was a couple of years ago, don't know if it has changed). The disadvantage is that they don't do messaging.
- dharmab 7y agoSearch and Rescue strongly prefers the two-way beacons. One way PLBs have a high false positive/accidental activation rate. There are anecdotal reports of one-way PLB activation not being acted on because local SAR gets too many of them. The cost of the subscription is a tiny amount compared to the real financial costs of the situations they allow us to avoid.
- EL_Loco 7y agoI didn't know that. I thought the PLBs would have some feature to prevent accidental activation. But then, people have to pick up a phone and dial a specific 3 digit sequence to call for emergency, and the thing is abused too often, so, yeah, I believe it.
- EL_Loco 7y ago> Search and Rescue strongly prefers the two-way beacons Do you have any source on that? I'm genuinely curious.