I expect the helicopter guys will be able to see my 21W HID, night vision goggles or not! (Those goggles are great--it scares the heck out of me now thinking about the night medivacs we used to go on before the pilots had them.)
How many of you dive with a PLB and/or a flint and magnesium?
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It's the same with my video lights, very bright and it's always with me on dives. But they only last so long and with those night vision goggles, they only need a low power light. The kind with a beacon would stand out.
Even though they can see you at night with those goggles, first they need to know your missing and in what area - that's where the PLB comes in. It's so small I can't even tell it's there.
Even though they can see you at night with those goggles, first they need to know your missing and in what area - that's where the PLB comes in. It's so small I can't even tell it's there.
ScubaVideo
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yep, some liveaboards / dive ops rent them in remote areas, if I recall correctly friends of mine mentioned the option on their Mona Islands liveaboard trip.
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So if you set one off in the Mona Islands, who gets the call? I would guess that either the USN or USAF would have jurisdiction for international areas when a US registered beacon is set off, but then when located in Siberia who comes? Do they send your family a bill first and if its paid go looking?
I'm sure the rented ones are locally registered or they could be of a different type like the SPOT's or other radio signaling device.
Edit: More searching and I discovered there are Mona Is. in Puerto Rico too -hmm guessing US Coast Guard for that area. I've never heard of Mona Islands before this.:shocked2:
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So if you set one off in the Mona Islands, who gets the call? I would guess that either the USN or USAF would have jurisdiction for international areas when a US registered beacon is set off, but then when located in Siberia who comes? Do they send your family a bill first and if its paid go looking?
I'm sure the rented ones are locally registered or they could be of a different type like the SPOT's or other radio signaling device.
Edit: More searching and I discovered there are Mona Is. in Puerto Rico too -hmm guessing US Coast Guard for that area. I've never heard of Mona Islands before this.:shocked2:
interesting questions, I have no clue about all that. Looked around, could not find a lot of liveaboards advertising it, found this one example or epirbs/plb's for drift divesSimilar threads
