Originally Posted By: Montanero
I tried the SPOT connect, and my home station did not receive consistent notifications that I was sending. I was hiking in the mountains of North Carolina and the SPOT could not maintain a good signal. I have had good luck with it in the desert, but the heavy forest and hills were too much interference.


I've had the same results with the SPOT-2 in the same terrain. If there was much tree cover the SPOT-2 often couldn't get its transmission out. If I had a clear view of the sky it always succeeded.