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Q: What works better…The SPOT™ Satellite GPS Messenger or the ACR SARLink™ 406 PLB?
A: First, the question is really what you need and what is your price range of affordability. Both types of units have pluses and disadvantages, but the gap between the two is closing in. Especially on the two latest upgrades by both ACR SARLink™ and SPOT™ in the past few months now available.
SPOT™ Satellite GPS Messenger has the advantages of being at an initial lower price compared to the SARLink™ 406 PLB when first purchased. However, once the SARLink™ has been purchased there is no operating coast to operate the unit during an emergency. Where the SPOT™ requires an annual fee to be in service. So again, what is your budget?
SARLink™ now has some of the same application functions that put SPOT™ to the forefront a few years ago. With tagging uplink for tracking on Google maps your location as you venture threw the back country. Or calling for help in a full emergency requiring immediate rescue, plus an option of just letting your friends and family know your OK. With this option of messaging and not just using the emergency 406 beacon. Then a small fee is required to activate this option. However, not necessary for standard 406 satellite rescue. But note if you use 406Link.com service for messaging with the ACR, it is about half the price of SPOT™ annual messaging service fee.
So if I mostly stayed on dry land such as the wilderness areas of Colorado, then SPOT™ would be my choice. However, if I were to spend time on the water sailing from one Continent to another, then SARLink™ would be a better choice. Plus SARLink™ has a full line of Mariner and Aviation PLBs best suited for this application designed specifically for saltwater applications and plane down automatic triggering, if your plane crashes. And the SARLink™ 406 also utilizes the standard homing signal 121.5MHz so Search and Rescue on the ground can hone in on you for faster recovery. The Civil Air Patrol has been utilizing this method for decades to find victims on both land and sea.
So if you are just a hiker or backpacker, then SPOT™ in my opinion, would work better for you. And with that said if I did both hiking and sailing, then SARLink™ would be my choice. And if you can afford both, then all the better!
However, do not disregard one over the other… both will do the trick when you need help! This reliable signaling technology has saved more than 25,000 lives since 1982.
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Q: What's what when you are talking about GPS's?
A: GPS means Global Positioning Systems -
Q: So what can I hear on Short Wave Radio?
A: You'll hear everything from the BBC news as it happens from areas under siege, to tsunami warnings telling the islanders to take higher ground. You'll even be able to listen in on the Space Shuttle communications on shortwave radio during flight times. And the rest of the world! (See Articles) Go to Wilderness Geek.com
Q: Why use a weather radio when i have an old police scanner?
A: With common technology available today with weather radios you have a chance to be prepared ahead of time with the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Association (NOAA) in watch with radio transmitters capable of not only giving you local daily weather conditions; but alerts capable of triggering specialty radio receivers like today's NOAA capable weather radios. Regular scanner do not have this feature. (See Articles) Go to Wilderness Geek.com
Q: Are the new 900 MHZ Digital radios really user privet?
A: It is possible to have 100,000 users within range of each other without interference of normal voice conversation, once the units selected have been paired to each other from the start. Its now almost impossible to monitor these units. (See Articles) Go to Wilderness Geek.com
Q: What is the benefit of having a scanner to listen in on Police and Fire radio?
A: Nothing is more exciting than turning on a police scanner and hearing a call dispatched about a robbery in progress or shots fired! Whether in handheld or desktop that is mobile mountable, scanners are here to stay! And with more and more issues happening in our Cities and Counties every day, there's always something to listen in on, possibly right in your own neighborhood! (See Articles) Go to Wilderness Geek.com
Q: What bands are best to have now of days for Police Laser Radar Gun Detectors?
A: When selecting a unit, you may want to get as many bands as possible (X, K,
Ka, LASER) with (VG-
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