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3Hotdogs

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1. Can't wait to try it out.

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Tue Nov 15, 2022, 07:19 PM

Nov 2022

I've had an emergency beacon for 12 years, I had to use it once. I was on a hike in a no-service area. Guy had a heart attack. He survived. It took emergency service 50 minutes to get to us.... a state ranger on foot. Then time to get rescue equipment.

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Emergency SOS via satellite available today on the iPhone 14 lineup in the US and Canada [View all] ItsjustMe Nov 2022 OP

Can't wait to try it out. 3Hotdogs Nov 2022 #1

Before cell phones became the norm, my rural neighbor was immobile in Tetrachloride Nov 2022 #3

When i did a lot of long distance motorcycle trips I had a satellite link on my gps in case of a mitch96 Nov 2022 #2

Motorcycling is why I got mine.... New Hampshire, Cucamonga Highway in the White Mountains. 3Hotdogs Nov 2022 #4

Yup, In trauma they call it the "golden hour" If you can get the casualty to a trauma center mitch96 Nov 2022 #5

so the rest of us would have to have a emergency beacon or imersat phone . AllaN01Bear Nov 2022 #6