Originally Posted By: Phaedrus
I'm planning to purchase a McMurdo FastFind 210- should I hold off? Will that satellite network be offline/obsolete should I need to use the beacon in, say, three years?


PS: Unless you are in a hurry, I recommend waiting until the ACR ResQLink is available. Unfortunately, at least in large part because of the COSPAS-SARSAT bureaucracy, that may be another couple months. :-(

OTOH, if you need one now, the Fastfind 210 is fine, it's what I currently carry.


Edited by Doug_Ritter (05/22/11 07:34 PM)
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