roysta wrote:Should you activate the PLB button you have the advantage of texting the emergency services.
Strider wrote:roysta wrote:Should you activate the PLB button you have the advantage of texting the emergency services.
This part is very interesting. What number do you use to contact emergency services via SMS?
The team at the IERCC is staffed and ready 24/7, 365 days per year, with SAR Mission Coordinators and Duty Officers. As soon as they receive your message, they’ll track your device and notify the appropriate Australian search and rescue authorities or the appropriate local authorities if you are somewhere else in the world — they’ll also stay connected to provide updates on your location or to communicate with you. As soon as you activate your inReach™, you have full, free access to the IERCC through GEOS SOS monitoring and emergency dispatch.
GPSGuided wrote:InReach is not a PLB, is it? It doesn't have a radio beacon, right?
ribuck wrote:GPSGuided wrote:InReach is not a PLB, is it? It doesn't have a radio beacon, right?
The InReach doesn't have a beacon. It sends your GPS co-ordinates with the distress signal, via satellite.
If for any reason you need help and the unit can't get a good GPS signal, you can describe your location to the rescue services by text message.
Watertank wrote:ribuck wrote:GPSGuided wrote:InReach is not a PLB, is it? It doesn't have a radio beacon, right?
The InReach doesn't have a beacon. It sends your GPS co-ordinates with the distress signal, via satellite.
If for any reason you need help and the unit can't get a good GPS signal, you can describe your location to the rescue services by text message.
I have an InReach. It uses satellites for all its messages, not the mobile phone system. So if the unit cannot connect to satellites then you won't be able to send a text message. That said if it cannot connect to satellites then I presume neither it nor a dedicated PLB will work.
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