On Sun, 21 Nov 2021 09:13:58 -0700
"AC0VH" <ac0vh@...> wrote:
Curious why the Spots not sufficient.? I've had one for years to give
people at home the ability to track me in the backcountry and to have
a basic SAR SOS should I need it. In other words, they are intended
to do exactly what the race organizer is doing with them. I got mine
originally since it was required for some long distance mountain bike
events I was doing.
Is it a cost issue?? I understand that for sure.
Do you intend to have every runner wear one?? Wouldn't every runner
have to be a ham or do you intend one call sign for every transmitter
with hundreds of individual SSIDs or tactical call signs?? LoRa using
unlicensed ISM spectrum might solve the licensing question.? You could
position or fly balloons with lots of receivers along the course.
The cost is the concern, although at the last race (2019, pre-Covid)
there would have been about 30 in the 100 mile event, not a very large
number, and the cost of the Spot tracker would have been in their
entrance fee.
The lesser distance routes are all mountain bike traversable, so safety
for those is assured in a different way.
Liz
VK2XSE
