Well by all accounts (of people that seem competent on the internet...) the source is just fine as it's own beacon. Even detectable by a low flying helicopter with the right equipment.
Well, by the account of the article you are responding to the source has been lost.
Not very useful beacon if you don't detect when you lost it or you need to put an enormous search party to find it.
We have GPS devices with satellite comms that can periodically transmit information about where they are that anybody who plans to trek in the wilderness can buy and use to start a SAR operation.
twawaaay|3 years ago
Not very useful beacon if you don't detect when you lost it or you need to put an enormous search party to find it.
We have GPS devices with satellite comms that can periodically transmit information about where they are that anybody who plans to trek in the wilderness can buy and use to start a SAR operation.