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Re: Review: kayak with a gps, canopy
By:john Messinger
Date: 3/30/2012, 7:18 am
In Response To: Re: Review: kayak with a gps, canopy (Richard )

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: any ideas would be appreciated, that was just the team idea. I
: would like to go mainly with the gps function built in
: somewhere. My idea for that is that if a kayaker goes missing it
: will activate as a locater after a certain amount of time. So
: for the people who get lost easily or might have been in an
: accident have a failsafe and dont end up like the guy from 127
: hours.

There are a number of these "beacon" units nowadays.

http://www.ems.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11330718&emssrcid=GoogleBase:PS11330718

One issue you will have is that water is the greatest attenuator of GPS frequencies. The unit needs to float. I do not carry a "beacon" but I do use a GPS unit that I teather to my PFD.

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Review: kayak with a gps, canopy
Richard -- 3/28/2012, 3:43 pm
Re: Review: kayak with a gps, canopy
dave koslow -- 3/28/2012, 5:22 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 3/29/2012, 6:56 am
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Richard -- 3/29/2012, 11:23 am
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Paul Davies -- 3/29/2012, 1:28 pm
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Bob Johns -- 3/29/2012, 8:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/1/2012, 2:21 am
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Mike Bielski -- 3/29/2012, 8:33 am
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Richard -- 3/29/2012, 11:18 am
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Bryan K -- 3/29/2012, 3:39 pm
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Jim Ham -- 3/29/2012, 9:24 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/29/2012, 9:54 pm
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john Messinger -- 3/30/2012, 7:18 am
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john Messinger -- 3/30/2012, 7:20 am
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Mike Bielski -- 3/30/2012, 12:18 pm
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mrkim -- 3/29/2012, 6:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/1/2012, 2:17 am