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" wrote in news:ba78ddc3-e84a-4c70-
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Are you sure that SPOT
doesn't use GPS for its position and then Iridium to send the info?
I'd also be less than amazed to find that there were transcription


Spot has a built-in GPS receiver and uses the GEOS satellite SAR system.
Search and Rescue are handled by the GEOS-SAR teams and monitoring
stations.

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