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Survival Skillset

Lesson 10 of 12

Signal, battery, beacons and radios

40 min

You made the call. The team is coming. They said it could be three or four hours. Your phone shows 23 per cent, it is getting dark, the temperature is dropping, and your companion wants you to ring her mother. Meanwhile someone in the party keeps checking the weather forecast and the map. By the time the team calls back to ask a question about the best way up to…

In this lesson

  • Finding a signal
  • Phone battery conservation
  • Staying contactable after the call
  • Satellite emergency messaging on smartphones
  • Personal locator beacons (PLBs)
  • Before the trip
  • Using it
  • Two-way satellite messengers
  • Marine VHF: Mayday, Pan-Pan and DSC
  • Sending a distress call
  • Which device for which trip?
  • Check yourself

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