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Avalanche Transceivers and Tin Foil

By Michael Coyle Posted on 28/01/2014 Posted in Blog Entry 3 Comments
Avalanche Transceivers and Tin Foil

A demonstration of the attenuation of of the signal of an avalanche transceiver by an order of magnitude when wrapped in foil; how this affects you.

Tagged with: avalanche, avalanche transceiver, experiment, transceiver, video

BCA Tracker 3 Avalanche Transceiver

By Michael Coyle Posted on 15/05/2013 Posted in Blog Entry, Photo No Comments
BCA Tracker 3 Avalanche Transceiver
Compared to a Tracker 2

I got a first look at the BCA Tracker 3 Avalanche Beacon last week.

Tagged with: avalanche, BCA, smart phone, Tracker 3, transceiver

The SnowBe Beacon

By Michael Coyle Posted on 23/05/2012 Posted in Blog Entry 3 Comments

There’s an article over on the UnofficialNetworks blog about a new piece of “avalanche safety gear” made by a company called Snow-Beacon. The article, which I encourage you to read for yourself, describes the “SnowBe” as the “THE MOST DANGEROUS …

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Tagged with: avalanche, beacon, gear, safety, tech, transceiver

Beacons vs Transceivers again

By Michael Coyle Posted on 25/01/2012 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments

It seems that people are still confused about the difference between an emergency locator *beacon* and an avalanche *transceiver*

Tagged with: avalanche, gear, GPS, snow, technology, transceiver

BCA Tracker 2 Update

By Michael Coyle Posted on 30/01/2011 Posted in Blog Entry 1 Comment

An update to my previous post on this issue: Backcountry Access has published instructions on how to do the RA (return authorization) on the Tracker 2, get the software update, and a minor hardware upgrade. Really awesome: they’re paying for …

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Tagged with: avalanche, news, recall, safety, snow, transceiver
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