[pct-l] SPOT Connect in N Cascades (Rebecca Wilcox)

[Gail Van Velzer]

We originally were going to buy the SPOT when we saw the In Reach, which had 
just come out.  That was a few years ago.  We bought the In Reach and we are 
very glad we did.  When my horse and I fell down the mountain, it got us 
help very quickly in an area without cell phone reception.  It's one of 
those things you pay for, hoping you will never need to use it.  It also 
gave us a lot of capability like keeping in touch with our family and 
friends.  They, with a password, could download real time where we were and 
watch our progress.  We've now upgraded to their newer unit, 2 generations 
newer than our original...and love it too.
Gail
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diarmaid Harmon" <irishharmon at comcast.net>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] SPOT Connect in N Cascades (Rebecca Wilcox)


I gave up on spot and switched to DeLorme InReach. I now get confirmation of 
delivery and I can also receive text’s from my wife.
The spot for me in the PNW only went through @ 60% of the time.

Diarmaid “Irish” Harmon
irishharmon at comcast.net
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in 
a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, 
thoroughly used up, totally worn out, Guinness in one hand, steak in the 
other, yell 'Holy Sh**, What a Ride!"

On Aug 12, 2014, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:50:45 -0700
> From: Rebecca Wilcox <wilcox.rebecca at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] SPOT Connect in N Cascades
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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> Glacier Peak area is exactly where our SPOT did NOT work in 2012. Two
> nights in a row "OK" messages were sent (or so we thought) but never
> received. Most of the rest of the trail worked fine, but if you're buying
> one just for that area, I wouldn't count on it working.
>
>
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 11:30:45 -0700
>> From: Maxine Weyant <weyantm at msn.com>
>> Subject: [pct-l] SPOT Connect in N Cascades
>> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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>> My husband wants me to get a SPOT Connect so I can send texts/updates via
>> my phone through a satellite connection.
>>
>> I just learned through another hiker blog that the SPOT products don't
>> work well in WA.
>>
>> Has anyone out there used this product in the Glacier Peak section in the
>> last year?
>>
>> Dys-feng shui-nal
>>
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