SPOT Satellite Personal Messenger

With a SPOT Satellite Messenger, Backpacker April '08 states, ''Now you can call in a rescue—or simply send the OK signal—from anywhere.''

• The world's first satellite messenger, SPOT sends your coordinates and messages via commercial satellite to inform others of your location and status.
• Offers an affordable alternative to personal locator beacons, satellite phones and cell-based GPS trackers
• Provides virtually full coverage in North America, Europe and Australia
• Also covers portions of South America, northern Africa and northeastern Asia, along with thousands of miles of offshore areas
• ''Alert 911'' function dispatches emergency responders to your exact location
• Use ''Help'' feature to request assistance from friends or family
• ''Check In'' allows you to transmit your location and that you are okay
• Track your progress by sending and saving points along your route to Google Maps™
• GPS satellites determine location; reliable SPOT satellites transmit information
• Rugged unit floats, works in extreme temps and altitudes and can be submerged up to 1m
• Weighs less than 8 oz. and is small and easy to carry
• Optional features include SPOTcast automatic tracking service and guaranteed extraction assistance in countries lacking emergency services
• Two AA lithium batteries provide one year of power (unused), 14 days in SPOTcast mode and seven days in 911 mode, or 1,900 SPOTcheck ''OK'' messages
• Requires $99 annual subscription; $7.95 for optional extraction assistance in countries without emergency services (available at www.findmespot.com)

Imported.

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