Tournesol2000
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That’s one of signaling devices I carry whenever I dive in the Ocean, like Socorro, Cocos, Malpelo, Galápagos, Palau, etc.
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So @Dan do you carry 2 PLBs?
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That’s one of signaling devices I carry whenever I dive in the Ocean, like Socorro, Cocos, Malpelo, Galápagos, Palau, etc.
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There is only one in his picture; why do you ask?So @Dan do you carry 2 PLBs?
You can text from an InReach to a regular cell phone so that might be useful there.I guess you've never been on a small boat in the Philippines or Indonesia. Their communications MIGHT be VHF radio, but more likely just cell phone with each other. Forget the fancy stuff like the internet and the InReach.
That means you need to know the rescuer’s phone number then.You can text from an InReach to a regular cell phone so that might be useful there.
Or someone you trust to raise the alarm.That means you need to know the rescuer’s phone number then.