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02-18-2008, 09:01 PM #1User Name Skier Guest
Can a beacon pick up cell phones?
A friend of mine and I are thinking of going backcountry. My buddy has a becaon, but I don't. I'm wondering if a beacon can pick up my cell phone.
Thanks for you help.
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02-18-2008, 09:04 PM #2Stanley McCall Guest
Yeah. Actually, we were skiing backcountry near Deer Valley and I went into the trees with my cell phone to take a leak. Anyway, my guide told me that he picked up my signal when he was trying to find me.
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02-18-2008, 09:04 PM #3
Yeah dude totally fuckin can, I just tested it right now here at my place man ... Totally go for it and make sure to ski a nice 45degree couloir as the leading guy.
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02-18-2008, 09:13 PM #4
start here
http://tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109562
And seriously, don't be a dumb-ass. Do everyone a favor, take an Avi class and get a shit-ton of beacon practice in before you step single skin track into the hills."If it had taken any effort I wouldn't have done it at all. I mean it. I wouldn't have done anything" - B. Kelso
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02-18-2008, 09:20 PM #5The Shred Pirate Roberts
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Haha! This should ruffle a few feathers!
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02-18-2008, 09:29 PM #6
Make sure your buddy has a phone so he can tell you where he's buried. If he does, you're good to go!
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02-18-2008, 09:29 PM #7
Not without a parabolic studfinder.
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02-18-2008, 09:32 PM #8Registered User
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02-18-2008, 09:33 PM #9
Even if your beacon can't pick up a cell phone, iif you are burried you can call you and tell him roughly where you are. It is standard BC protocol to make sure your pre-paid phone credits are at least 10 USD. Just a tip, if you use the same network you will save money on rescues and try to pick a network that has few dropped calls.
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02-18-2008, 09:38 PM #10
say you guys go ski backcountry assuming his beacon can pick up your cellular phone. What the fuck happens if he gets buried? Does the iPhone pick up a beacon's signal?
This goes to show that even though somebody has gear, doesn't mean they know shit.
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02-18-2008, 09:42 PM #11Registered User
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well i am sure an iphone can pick up a 457mhz signal for an additional 5 dollars a month
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02-18-2008, 09:44 PM #12
Go for it man. CARWA walrus has your back. Just make sure you can a herring in your pocket.
Canadian Avalanche Walrus Association accepts no responsiblity for your gapery"When the mountains speak, wise men listen" -John Muir
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02-18-2008, 09:45 PM #13The Shred Pirate Roberts
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02-18-2008, 09:51 PM #14The Shred Pirate Roberts
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02-18-2008, 10:41 PM #15SEND IT!!
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I would make sure that the phone has a low battery so that it makes an audible beeping
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02-18-2008, 10:48 PM #16Registered User
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02-19-2008, 12:31 AM #17
Nanuq, stop fucking up natural selection. Delete that post.
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02-19-2008, 12:48 AM #18
Forget beacons...just call your friend and he can tell you where he's buried.
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02-19-2008, 07:01 AM #19
only if you put it inside of a studfinder...
on a side note one time a patroller and I were practicing beacon searches and the guy put the beacon in a snowberm by a light that was on and I circled that light for about 15 minutes looking for that damn beacon... Turns out they pick up high powered slope lights, that and beacons are really small and hard to find when not attached to a backpack or something.Its not that I suck at spelling, its that I just don't care
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02-19-2008, 10:36 PM #20
Tech Talk JONG!!!!
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02-19-2008, 10:39 PM #21`•.¸¸.•´><((((º>`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸.•´¯`•...¸><((((º>
"Having been Baptized by uller his frosty air now burns my soul with confirmation. I am once again pure." - frozenwater
"once i let go of my material desires many opportunities for playing with the planet emerge. emerge - to come into being through evolution. ok back to work - i gotta pack." - Slaag Master
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02-19-2008, 10:45 PM #22
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02-19-2008, 10:54 PM #23
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02-19-2008, 10:56 PM #24
shut up.
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02-19-2008, 10:57 PM #25
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