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Adventure Rider Radio – Motorcycle Podcast

Messaging - Changing the Way We Use Sat Comms

Adventure Rider Radio – Motorcycle Podcast

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🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Satellite communication has been used for many years for emergencies during motorcycle adventures. But what about non-emergency situations? Sometimes, we might have a breakdown, need a part, be running late, feel sick, or decide to stay somewhere for...

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0:00.0

I was guiding wilderness tours when I first came across the Spot Tracker Satellite Beacon, when it was first announced, I think it was a 2008, it blew me away.

0:09.0

I mean the idea that I could be far from cell coverage in a remote place and I have this little device

0:13.8

in my hand and I could press a button to tell anyone that I was okay or even more importantly

0:19.0

if I had an emergency I could press the SOS button to call for help. That was incredible. I bought one

0:25.8

as soon as it hit our market. I used them for guiding. I used them on my own trips. We

0:29.8

sent them with guides doing remote trips for our company. it was a game changer for an emergency situation.

0:36.6

But as much as that device helped for that full on emergency, you know, if somebody was in dire

0:41.1

medical need and required evacuation it actually

0:44.6

became a hindrance for everything rated below that and that is where the trouble

0:50.2

begins I'm Jim Martin this is adventure Adventure Rider Radio. Stay with us, we got a good one for you. I'm Sam Mannecks. Simon, baby has prepared us.

1:05.0

Charlie bombing,

1:06.0

Elizabeth Martin, Clinton Smoot,

1:08.0

Banner Smith, and you're listening to Adventure Rider Radio.

1:10.0

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1:23.8

You can turn any dry bag into luggage using their strapping system.

1:27.0

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1:30.7

the abuse that Adventure venture writing gives it.

1:32.8

Tough, reliable gear, green chilly ADV.com.

1:37.0

It's wind pressure that powers the motobreeze chain oiler,

1:39.8

no electrical or vacuum connections,

1:41.2

it delivers the oil to a felt pad on your

1:42.8

swing arm no nozzles near your sprockets one ounce of oil gets a thousand miles

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