Emergency position-indicating rescue beacon

MeCasa · Dec 3rd, 2005, 20:14

Interesting devices. There is a certain mindset from some quarters of the adventure community that a real man should roll over and die like a man since he/she knew the dangers. This atitude came about when governments complained about the costs ossociated with rescue efforts and who should pay these costs.

I've never been 100% on the 'knew the risks' nor the 'save me' camp. But I believe I would and may carry a beacon. A simple matter of a broken leg should not necessarily be a death warrant. However, the beacons are expensive, short lived and require some sort of authorities that give a darn.

manojb · Dec 4th, 2005, 14:56

Who is looking for the signals?

MeCasa · Dec 4th, 2005, 22:22

Haha, that's what I was hoping somebody would tell me

Nick-H · Dec 4th, 2005, 23:53

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Originally Posted by MeCasa

Interesting devices. There is a certain mindset from some quarters of the adventure community that a real man should roll over and die like a man since he/she knew the dangers. This atitude came about when governments complained about the costs ossociated with rescue efforts and who should pay these costs.

I think it predates that by a long way. Some of the earlier cruising sailors spurned such devices as radio because they had just that attitude.

MeCasa · Dec 5th, 2005, 11:01

I believe it, truthfully I don't even know why I made the post, I'm too cheap to buy one of those things, hehe, just seemed like a good idea for a day or two

When your time comes, your time comes

Digital Drifter · Dec 5th, 2005, 11:21

hmmm.... but you dont want it to come too early, do you? Once you see the madhouse traffic, The Big One UP in the Sky might be be tempted to fast fwd your clock.

So watch it; get the beacon, the tin foil hat, the antennae, the works.

vistet · Dec 5th, 2005, 11:33

"People have been stranded on rocks before, lots of times" -response from one the Swedish FO heads when lower level official tried to stir the FO in to action the day after the tsunami.

A wee blinking LED for getting back to to the tent in the middle of the night... I´ll look in to that next time.

MeCasa · Dec 9th, 2005, 09:05

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Originally Posted by Digital Drifter

hmmm.... but you dont want it to come too early, do you? Once you see the madhouse traffic, The Big One UP in the Sky might be be tempted to fast fwd your clock.

So watch it; get the beacon, the tin foil hat, the antennae, the works.

Haha, I'm still thinking about it

The world needs me around and I've slidden off more than one icey road

That said, living forever seems awfull expensive and the frikkin' thing only beeps for 48 hours

And since nobodies listening

island boy · Dec 9th, 2005, 09:40

Hmm what an interesting topic. I personally fly aircraft that have at least two of these on board, they are usually known in aviation parlance as ELT or emergency locator transmitter, ..they generally last for 48 hours for a single unit. They are however cylindrical and about 3 feet long, so not that easy to carry around even in a large backpack. However i believe there are much smaller ones though i do not know how long the transmitter will last. Like most things in aricraft they are very outdated piecees of equipment. After all that I would personally suggest a good global roaming telephone for any emergency for a fraction of the cost, with a few spare batteries of course.
cheers
ib

Dec 3rd, 2005, 20:14	#1
MeCasa Account Closed Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Texas/New York Posts: 959	Emergency position-indicating rescue beacon Interesting devices. There is a certain mindset from some quarters of the adventure community that a real man should roll over and die like a man since he/she knew the dangers. This atitude came about when governments complained about the costs ossociated with rescue efforts and who should pay these costs. I've never been 100% on the 'knew the risks' nor the 'save me' camp. But I believe I would and may carry a beacon. A simple matter of a broken leg should not necessarily be a death warrant. However, the beacons are expensive, short lived and require some sort of authorities that give a darn.

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Dec 4th, 2005, 14:56	#2
manojb Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bangalore, India Posts: 420	Who is looking for the signals?

Dec 4th, 2005, 22:22	#3
MeCasa Account Closed Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Texas/New York Posts: 959	Haha, that's what I was hoping somebody would tell me

Dec 5th, 2005, 11:01	#5
MeCasa Account Closed Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Texas/New York Posts: 959	I believe it, truthfully I don't even know why I made the post, I'm too cheap to buy one of those things, hehe, just seemed like a good idea for a day or two When your time comes, your time comes

Dec 5th, 2005, 11:33	#7
vistet Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Umeå , Sweden Posts: 1,716	"People have been stranded on rocks before, lots of times" -response from one the Swedish FO heads when lower level official tried to stir the FO in to action the day after the tsunami. A wee blinking LED for getting back to to the tent in the middle of the night... I´ll look in to that next time.

Dec 9th, 2005, 09:40	#9
island boy Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: pac islands Posts: 15	Hmm what an interesting topic. I personally fly aircraft that have at least two of these on board, they are usually known in aviation parlance as ELT or emergency locator transmitter, ..they generally last for 48 hours for a single unit. They are however cylindrical and about 3 feet long, so not that easy to carry around even in a large backpack. However i believe there are much smaller ones though i do not know how long the transmitter will last. Like most things in aricraft they are very outdated piecees of equipment. After all that I would personally suggest a good global roaming telephone for any emergency for a fraction of the cost, with a few spare batteries of course. cheers ib

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