Frank wrote:
On Oct 8, 6:05 pm, Greg Arnold wrote:
Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Oct 8, 2:12 pm, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Oct 8, 1:57 pm, Frank wrote:
My apologies, I see there is a field there for ELT, it was not
mentioned in the post and when I first looked I had the right hand
column covered up. Well done. Thanks for doing this I'll be adding my
info...
Darryl
But there does not appear to be a way to display both your SPOT info,
and to indicate that you have a PLB.

Greg,

Not sure what you mean - the tracking list has a 'Locator URL' field,
but also has a read-only field for ELT. I presume if you have a
406MHz PLB you would enter '406' here. I have a 121.5MHz ELT
(required for some contests) and a 406MHz PLB, so I just entered the
121.5 one. Am I missing something?

Regards
TA


Good point. I just updated my profile to include this.

However, the column heading is ELT, and an ELT will transmit if I am
unconscious, while a PLB will not. The absence of a transmission might
be taken to mean there was no crash if everyone thinks I have an ELT.
If it is known that I have a PLB, the absence of a transmission would
not be taken to mean this.

In other words, rescuers may be more likely to make the assumption that
there is a landout rather than a crash if they erroneously think I have
an ELT. This could delay the start of a search.

I would suggest another column to indicate whether the unit is a PLB or
an ELT.