foolish
IMO,
all those extra features just confuse people in a time of panic and it causes them to not use their beacon properly. I can tell you right now if you have more than one person under the snow and you are the only rescuer you are only going to have time to save one if you are lucky. Just think how long it is going to take to find the first person and dig them out. Do you really think you are going to rescue multiples by yourself? So why do you need those extra features?
Dan
Dan,
Obviously you are uneducated about the ORTOVOX products if you think "smart antanae" technology "just confuses people in time of panic." It has nothing to do with searching for someone, it has to do with the transmission range of the buried victim!
If a tracker II is buried straight up and down, your transmission range will decrease ~40 percent! Now if that was an ORTOVOX beacon, it would "sense" that you are buried verticle and will change the transmitting antanae to the horizontal antanae and will thus give you your full transmitting range so you are easier found. Choose what you want, but just make sure you are educated on the products you buy and choose wisely.
Oh, and as far as the multiple burial scenario, the ORTOVOX will seperate the signals and physically show you that you are receiving more than one signal so you can locate the FIRST victim the fastest!
Brock