The new EPIRBs are around $500-$700. The best ones have built-in GPS that
will send the location of the beacon with the signal. The non-GPS ones
simply emit a signal that the satellite uses to locate the beacon. The
difference is the potential search area is smaller with the GPS-enabled
version.
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Bill Stent
Sent: Thursday, 9 October 2008 2:17 PM
To: ; Carl Clifford
Cc: Baus Aus
Subject: Desert Birder Death
How much is an EPIRB?
And did I hear that they were going to be turned off, or have their
frequencies altered or something?
Bill
________________________________
From:
On Behalf Of
Sent: Thursday, 9 October 2008 2:06 PM
To: ; Carl Clifford
Cc: Baus Aus
Subject: Desert Birder Death
"No bird is worth your life"
That's true Carl, but that is never the decision you are making. If it
were then everyone would opt for life.
There is always a judgment call re the perceived risk & the perceived
reward.
Such as the time & cost of a full expedition equipping vs "its a fresh
report of a sighting not far out of town"
If one opted for the lowest possible risk then one would never leave the
armchair.
One would never drive anywhere, & certainly not on a 24hr twitchathon.
Chris Charles
On Thu Oct 9 8:23 , Carl Clifford sent:
But if he had followed the basic bush safety rules, he would be
alive to report his sightings. No bird is worth your life.
Carl Clifford
On 09/10/2008, at 8:59 AM,
<javascript:> wrote:
This morning the SMH is reporting the fatality of a birder in
northern Western Australia. Apparently his vehicle became bogged & he
died of heat & or thirst.
Now the righteous outcries will begin about how he should not
have gone on his own, should have hired an EPIRB & satellite phone,
should have filed a trip plan, what a fool he was, etc.
But before that starts I would just like to say that from what I
can conjecture from the news so far, he took a risk for his passion, it
ended badly, but he died living.
I admire him & hope he found the grasswren.
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