Originally Posted By: Russ
Originally Posted By: Doug_Ritter
. . . The odds are not in COSPAS-SARSAT/406 MHz beacons' favor in this battle, long term, they don't have the resources or the attitude. <shrug>


Why would the 406 MHz beacons lose this battle? What resources are they lacking? Attitude?


Promotional budget and profit motive.

I think you can bet that SPOT's marketing people made a lot of phone calls over the past week, with this being one of the top news stories in Canada.