"Larry" wrote in message
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wrote in news
Wonder where he's headed?




The last fix I see is 4 hours old #49. #48 was headed into Stirling Basin
but #49 looks like he's coming back out. No fixes after 49 to see where
he
is now.....??


It's obvious that he anchored behind the breakwater. Duh!

Wilbur Hubbard

On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 19:25:58 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:


"Larry" wrote in message
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wrote in news
Wonder where he's headed?




The last fix I see is 4 hours old #49. #48 was headed into Stirling Basin
but #49 looks like he's coming back out. No fixes after 49 to see where
he
is now.....??


It's obvious that he anchored behind the breakwater. Duh!

Wilbur Hubbard


No, it's not. If you had ever been there, you'd know why. If Skip has
anchored there, he'll probably spend the night wishing he hadn't.

wrote

No, it's not. If you had ever been there, you'd know why. If Skip has
anchored there, he'll probably spend the night wishing he hadn't.


I don't think they anchored. Usually Skip leaves his SPOT on and there
would be a few fixes in nearly the same place. It looks to me like it
stopped transmitting for some reason.

--
Roger Long

"Roger Long" wrote in news:g9rajs$c8v$1
@registered.motzarella.org:

It looks to me like it
stopped transmitting for some reason.


What I can't figure out is why the Spot box doesn't have a 12V input. Skip
told me in an email it takes some kind of expensive battery pack.

Ooops....answered my own question...(c;

"Larry" wrote

What I can't figure out is why the Spot box doesn't have a 12V input.
Skip
told me in an email it takes some kind of expensive battery pack.


The SPOT just used two AA batteries but they recommend Litihum. Alkaline
can be used in a pinch but they say transmisson power will be reduced.

It really should have a 12 V jack but it was primarily designed for back
packing and other carried on the person applications.

--
Roger Long

"Roger Long" wrote in message
...
"Larry" wrote

What I can't figure out is why the Spot box doesn't have a 12V input.
Skip
told me in an email it takes some kind of expensive battery pack.


The SPOT just used two AA batteries but they recommend Litihum. Alkaline
can be used in a pinch but they say transmisson power will be reduced.

It really should have a 12 V jack but it was primarily designed for back
packing and other carried on the person applications.

--
Roger Long


What it needs more than that is a website that works. It's down again.

--
Gregory Hall

On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 09:01:56 -0400, "Roger Long"
wrote:

wrote

No, it's not. If you had ever been there, you'd know why. If Skip has
anchored there, he'll probably spend the night wishing he hadn't.


I don't think they anchored. Usually Skip leaves his SPOT on and there
would be a few fixes in nearly the same place. It looks to me like it
stopped transmitting for some reason.

The page has been down for maintenance. Maybe it stopped updating on
their end. It's been down all day, and now they have a temp page up
saying that the "sharing" pages are BETA and there will be frequent
outages for just that feature.

In article , wrote:
On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 09:01:56 -0400, "Roger Long"
wrote:

wrote

No, it's not. If you had ever been there, you'd know why. If Skip has
anchored there, he'll probably spend the night wishing he hadn't.


I don't think they anchored. Usually Skip leaves his SPOT on and there
would be a few fixes in nearly the same place. It looks to me like it
stopped transmitting for some reason.

The page has been down for maintenance. Maybe it stopped updating on
their end. It's been down all day, and now they have a temp page up
saying that the "sharing" pages are BETA and there will be frequent
outages for just that feature.

hmmm.... not enough profit in the product to afford the hardware and
bandwidth needed when family and friends of their customers want to use
the exact service they're selling?

Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.

"Justin C" wrote

hmmm.... not enough profit in the product to afford the hardware and
bandwidth needed when family and friends of their customers want to use
the exact service they're selling?


No, it's a large company with a lot of resources. The tracking is a
non-critical service to let a larger group of people follow your route.
Email OK, Help, and 911 messages, which also have position information, are
still active. I'm not aware of any outages all summer. It was down
Memorial Day weekend, probably for last minute tuning. They then seemed to
wait until the main part of the boating and hiking season was over before
doing more maintenance.

The page is up again and seems to show S&L anchored off the breakwater but I
don't think it's updating yet because my page does not show the sail I took
yesterday.

--
Roger Long

In article , Roger Long wrote:
"Justin C" wrote

hmmm.... not enough profit in the product to afford the hardware and
bandwidth needed when family and friends of their customers want to use
the exact service they're selling?


No, it's a large company with a lot of resources. The tracking is a
non-critical service to let a larger group of people follow your route.
Email OK, Help, and 911 messages, which also have position information, are
still active. I'm not aware of any outages all summer. It was down
Memorial Day weekend, probably for last minute tuning. They then seemed to
wait until the main part of the boating and hiking season was over before
doing more maintenance.

The page is up again and seems to show S&L anchored off the breakwater but I
don't think it's updating yet because my page does not show the sail I took
yesterday.

Fair enough, it was just a guess. I do like the look of the product
though. Saving one the necessity of telephoning a whole bunch of
concerned people each time you touch land. I'm pretty sure I'll get
one... when I get a boat. For now I'll just enjoy the cruising life
through the likes of Skip, Lydia, Zac, and anyone else who's out there.

Justin.

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Justin C, by the sea.