sos beacon

[throttle-up]

Hey guys,
We have put together a pretty sweet deal on an Avy package deal including a SPOT satellite receiver. You can buy the package deal or seperate items, which ever your choose!

Check us out at

Thank you for your time!
Trever

 

[summit889]

I have an SOS for sale. PM me. throttle up has DTS trackers for $329 though which is a much better beacon.

 

[summit889]

what beacon is the best?

I just bought an ortovox S1. flip up screen, multiple burials, reads distance and depth as well as slope angle. goes back to transiever mode after sitting idle for 30-90 seconds( in case you get hit by a second avy while searching) pretty spendy, but if my buddies are buried i want something idiot proof.

 

[yamahacurtis]

I have an S.O.S for sale for $125. I can deliver to the city because I'm located in Redwater. If interestest e-mail YamahaCurtis at nkaban@shaw.ca.

 

[Taz]

I just read this on the CAC web site forum.

I've just purchased two of the new Barryvox PULSE transceivers, and both have the same major design fault!

To turn them on the on on/off button is pulled sideways, and is meant to lock into 'send' and can then in theory only be turned off by pushing it AND the off button down together and then moving the whole switch to off.

However on both my units the device goes into send mode and does it's self test, the led blinks and it issues 3 beeps to say 'I'm OK' before the switch has moved far enough to be locked into the send position, and thus at any time a gentle nudge on the switch turns the device BACK OFF!!! (Tumbling in an avalanche? Reaching into an inside pocket? Falling ? etc.)

Has anyone else bought one of these transceivers this year and if so does yours have the same fault?

I consider this to be extraordinarily dangerous, surely the device should only indicate it is turned on and transmitting when the button is locked into SEND, and will be returning both my newly purchased units to the Escape Route here in Whistler as being unfit for use.

I see a scenario where someone is found dead with their transceiver off.... Silly fool everyone says, why on earth have a transceiver and not turn it on??? But it was 'on' and transmitting as far as the poor dead guy was concerned. It just turned off as he was tumblin' due to an appallingly designed on/off switch.

Not a pleasant thought!