Re: [Paddlewise] Spot by Globestar

Good to know. Why you think there is such a difference in battery life - 36
hrs vs 168 hrs? Is it because Spot transmits only every 5 minutes, and
EPIRB - more often?


> Alex said:
> > Unlike SPOT, EPIRB transmits your current coordinates non-stop,
> > changing
> > coordinates if you're moving, after you've activated it and until the
> > batttery
> > is gone, which is from 20 to 36 hours depending on water temperature.
> [Steve Holtzman]
>
> Alex,
>
> One correction. The SPOT continues to transmit your updated location every
5
> minutes until the batteries die (typically around 7 days) in the 911 mode
> (the one you should be using for life and death situations, the same
> situations you would activate an EPIRB for) or until you manually cancel
it.
>
> In the HELP mode (which I have changed my message to read that "I'm OK,
but
> the weather has changed and I will remain here overnight, the message is
> sent every 5 minutes for 1 hour. I could always activate that function a
> second, third, or however many times I wanted.
>
> The "OK" function transmit the message 3 times and then stops. I use it as
a
> tracking function during the day.
>
> So basically, the SPOT has the same function as an EPIRB, and it ALSO has
> some additional functions.
>
> Steve Holtzman
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