New Theory in Emergency Locators

[isuhawkeye]

for those of you concerned about the price check out the 2008 air venture web site.

they are giving away spot's at oshkosh this year.

[isuhawkeye]

For those of you who frequent EAA's Air Venture how about a FREE Spot
http://www.findmespot.com/eaa.aspx
http://www.airventure.org/2008/news/080529_spot.html
http://isuhawkeye.typepad.com/halbrook_associatescom/2008/06/sopt-at-eaas-ai.html

[CadetProgramGuy]

of someone is headed there, and is an EAA member, and don;t really want it.....

I'll pay for teh shipping to get one.

I can't make Oshkosh this year........


- EDIT -

Never mind..... You have to pay the 150 for the year's service up front......Won't have that cash until late fall.....

[wingnut]

global star is going bankrupt, waste your money.

CAP gets a discount on 406 units, see the national web site, you may be paying more money put it will not be flushed down the toilet. Global star will not be putting any replacement Satellites to cover the US, no market here with Cell service

[isuhawkeye]

global star doesn't have to put more satellites up to keep this system active

As was mentioned before this uses the simplex side, not the duplex

Also, this system seems to be booming.  I see thee units all over the place. If globalstar goes that away doesn't mean the technology will disappear. 

[Tubacap]

My brother just sent me one of his tracks that he and I did the other day.  He used a web based service called Motion Based.  He was using a regular Garmin GPS, but then we were able to see the track on a website.  This could be decent to assess where Ground Teams have been.

Downside is that it is not real-time, and I'm not sure how useful it is in the grand scheme of operations.  Fun to play with though.

[isuhawkeye]

for those of you who thought the SPOT wouldn't catch on, I just saw this at costco

[JoeTomasone]

What State and how much?

[isuhawkeye]

I'm in Iowa.  they had them listed for $200 with a mail in rebate of $50.

This is a higher fee than I remember them being listed for

[wingnut55]

I suggest You Google: " Spot complaints"

It is the same as SDIS,

Spot works on Global star Sats., Global Star is going Bankrupt

[isuhawkeye]

the post and picture made no mention of reliability, or stability of the company.  simply that they were catching on. 

[swamprat86]

I just saw them advertised in a REI catalog.  The price was $149 if I remember correctly plus the $99 per year subscription.