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Re:Globalstar SEC filing, Apple to use 85% of its satellite ... by midasuni on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @04:57PM (#32756740)
If you’re in the middle of nowhere and have an emergency where seconds count, you’re dead anyway. This is the difference between rescue in 2 hours and 2 days (or even 2 weeks). Spending 5 minutes finding the transmitter isn’t a problem if you’re stuck with a broken leg. If you’re struggling to control critical bleeding or are doing CPR and are on your own (thus you can’t spend the 5 minutes finding a signal) then you’re screwed anyway.
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Re:Globalstar SEC filing, Apple to use 85% of its satellite ... by JohnFen on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @05:45PM (#32757398)
In my state, emergency services point out that if you use an emergency locator such as a Garmin, you should expect that it may be a couple of days before rescue comes anyway. It depends on exactly where you are, of course.
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Re:Globalstar SEC filing, Apple to use 85% of its satellite ... by midasuni on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @08:28AM (#32823414)
Matthew Power and his expedition had a proper kit, satellite phone, etc.

They tried getting helicopter evacuation but even that took hours he didn’t have.

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