Spot Gen3?

On Monday, August 19, 2013 6:34:12 PM UTC-4, Andy Blackburn wrote:
Glidergeek wrote:

Bumper how much does the Inreach cost per year for all the services? (alt, speed, location)



The cost is a function of the number of messages (including tracking

points) you want to send per month. All plans include Lon/Lat, altitude and

ground speed. The minimum plan is $12.95/mo. Tracking can be up to once per

minute, but you won't track for long without getting into overage charges.

For $35/mo you can cover a lot of flying at a high tracking rate. You can

also swap between plans for a small fee. Cumulus Soaring has a good

summary of the aviation plan options which are not well documented on the

Delorme site.



I don't think the Spot Gen 3 offers altitude reporting - which I can say

from personal experience makes trying to figure out whether a glider is

still flying or on the ground almost impossible. That's a pretty big deal

for people in the retreive office who are trying to understand whether to

get retrieves organized or not at the end of the day. More frequent and

more reliable tracking updates are helpful too.

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9B

That's what the non-emergency HELP button is for ;-)

TA