Electronics to save your butt.

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PaulW
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Electronics to save your butt.

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We keep testing risky things and here is 3 ways that have been successfully used.
Here is a quick and dirty write up on how to get saved when you screw up all by yourself in the boondocks of Baja.

Delorme InReach http://www.inreachdelorme.com/ Both use text to email only not to cell phones in Baja.
2 models Limited size text messages for 50cents each coming or going Caned messages no extra cost.
Amazon $299
1) http://www.amazon.com/DeLorme-AG-008373 ... B005N4B9QC
Amazon $299 GPS
2) http://www.amazon.com/Delorme-AG-009871 ... B00BX7TJ2O
plans
http://www.inreachdelorme.com/product-i ... -plans.php
Quick summary lowest price 14.95/month after initial start up charge. Does not include track sent to a web site.
How it works. You have a GPS with a tiny virtual keyboard. The result yo will want to take your tablet along and type your message the link via bluetooth to the Inreach.
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Spot Messenger Text to email only Won’t work to Cell phone from Baja.
$75 or less during promo http://www.amazon.com/SPOT-Satellite-GP ... B002PHRDQU
Plans https://www.findmespot.com/en/index.php?cid=103
Basic tracking $50/yr, custom message $150/yr
How it works it sends coords to a web site and others can link and watch your progress. Push a button like the Inreach to send canned messages
Forget about the track to a web site and just send a canned message frequently for lowest cost.
Spot & Inreach canned messages are made on you computer . No custom messages in the field for Spot, but Inreach does.
Issues: Nobody can get email in teh boondocks. sot one is limited to contact persons that read their email back home. Still works and I was involve in a rescue just like that this week. Got a message on a forum from a third party and I went into the desert and rescued a guy. He was using Inreach and my forum messages were relayed to him. Pretty neat.
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Spot Sat phone Short time unit is free for existing Spot subscribers, otherwise $500
http://findmespot.com/en/index.php?cid=123
Plans http://findmespot.com/en/index.php?cid=122
Typical cost is $30/month.
Voice or text
Issues: sat phone to sat phone requires both parties to be active. Works for race teams when discussion is required.
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Bottom line Inreach for low cost and good function
Sat phone for voice works great.

What do you all think?
Paul