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Post by null on Apr 27, 2020 12:24:02 GMT -8
Could you give an example of something that needed the sat phone? We've had to call to have vehicles meet us on a Forest Road in the middle of nowhere for non-life threatening situations (such as a broken bone). We could sit and wait 6 hours for a vehicle to come by that will give us a ride (government vehicles will not give rides) or we could walk several hours to a marginally more trafficked road, but it's better to just call and set up a meeting and then have a destination planned for the evacuee. More typically, participants have an expectation of rapid rescue even when their evacuation is by their choice. Especially when evacuation is by their choice.
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ErnieW
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Post by ErnieW on Apr 27, 2020 12:57:15 GMT -8
We've had to call to have vehicles meet us on a Forest Road in the middle of nowhere for non-life threatening situations (such as a broken bone). We could sit and wait 6 hours for a vehicle to come by that will give us a ride (government vehicles will not give rides) or we could walk several hours to a marginally more trafficked road, but it's better to just call and set up a meeting and then have a destination planned for the evacuee. One nice thing with sat phone is you directly can call ranger or SAR headquarters. I don't think they do txt messages. So for something like InReach you might need your own "dispatch" to relay your messages to phone only recipients. You already said you don't want to use the SOS option if at all possible. Too many $$$. I have heard with InReach rescues they will define the incident via a txt conversation to scale rescue needs.
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