Thread: A cautionary tale

Originally Posted by 223nut

My spot has this funcion, I reloed on it and turned it off once it had sent the 'everythings ok' message. Turned out it wasnt sending and after 3days they sent a heli in to see if I was ok. Was fine chopping up a deer, made the most of the chopper though and shipped the venny ot

That would have been frustrating but at least a good out come and relief for those monitoring your trip.

I was referring to a PLB rather than personal trackers.
Trackers have their own set of idiosyncrasies.
I don't believe they operate on the 406 MHz system, in short I don't think they are necessarily considered a PLB.
@CooeeBay ?