Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA09848; Thu, 10 Aug 1995 10:51:46 -0700 Return-Path: <tmk@cse.ucsc.edu-DeleteThis> Received: from toomai.cse.ucsc.edu by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP ($Revision: 1.36.108.11 $/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA174087159; Thu, 10 Aug 1995 10:52:40 -0700 Received: (from tmk@localhost) by toomai.cse.ucsc.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id KAA05105; Thu, 10 Aug 1995 10:47:57 -0700 Message-Id: <199508101747.KAA05105@toomai.cse.ucsc.edu-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: EPIRB device for safety? In-Reply-To: (Your message of Wed, 09 Aug 95 23:49:28 -0700.) <950810023835_70755018@aol.com-DeleteThis> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 10:47:57 -0700 From: "Tom M. Kroeger" <tmk@cse.ucsc.edu-DeleteThis>
I'm familiar with these devices, and they can be quite useful and
probably a better option than the VHF or Cell, nevertheless these bouys
have the same key problem that flares do, which is you have no way of
testing them until you need them. The cell and VHF offer a much higher
degree of reliability that they'll be there when you need them.
I try and make a habit of blowing off my flares every 4th of July and
more often than not I've had duds. This leaves me with the question
If I falsely think that my flares are there for me if I get stuck out
too far, and then when I do need them (Knock on wood not yet ;-)
They turn out to be duds, are such flares more of a hazard than a help?
Same thing would apply with the bouy.
So How many other people test there flares?
tmk
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