Comments on: Gear Review: Motorola MT350R 2-Way Radio

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 14:06:24 +0000

In reply to Zach B. Interesting, Zach. Sounds like a day of playing with multiple beacons and electronic devices is in order.

By: Zach B

Zach B — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 05:27:05 +0000

Totally. I did play around with putting an iphone on top of a transmitting beacon, and the searcher would get some wonky readings around 1-1.5m (beacon readings). The iphone was miles away from getting reception, too. Never tried with a 2way, so who knows. Beacons do weird things, they are just electronics right?

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 01:24:52 +0000

In reply to Zach B.

Patroller’s radios are certainly less than 30 cm from their beacon when they’re running control routes, no? I’ve been with patrollers running their routes and they don’t turn their radios off.

I may be wrong, but it’s my understanding that electronic devices interfere with the receiving beacon, not the transmitting one.

By: Zach B

Zach B — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 00:38:00 +0000

But how will the buried person turn off their radio? 30cm from beacon at all times is probably a good rule…