[meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunting Personal Locator Beacon

[drtanuki]

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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