Comments on: Arva Avalanche Beacons – Review http://www.wildsnow.com/1718/arva-avalanche-beacons-review/ Backcountry Skiing Snowboard Telemark Snowsports Information News Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:08:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Snowboarding09 http://www.wildsnow.com/1718/arva-avalanche-beacons-review/comment-page-1/#comment-14483 Snowboarding09 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:56:19 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1718#comment-14483 Thanks Lou, your help is much appreciated. Thanks Lou, your help is much appreciated.

]]> By: Jonathan Shefftz http://www.wildsnow.com/1718/arva-avalanche-beacons-review/comment-page-1/#comment-14462 Jonathan Shefftz Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:40:23 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1718#comment-14462 Jeff, the Search > Transmit switchover on the current models seems to be identical to that on the old ARVA 9000. I can see how what you describe could occur. But it's an interesting design challenge for a switch to be both easy to revert to Transmit in an emergency yet not too easy to be inadvertently bumped into Transmit as you describe. Some beacons have automated switchovers after a specified time or after a specified period of inactivity. A hard balance to achieve.... Jeff, the Search > Transmit switchover on the current models seems to be identical to that on the old ARVA 9000. I can see how what you describe could occur. But it’s an interesting design challenge for a switch to be both easy to revert to Transmit in an emergency yet not too easy to be inadvertently bumped into Transmit as you describe. Some beacons have automated switchovers after a specified time or after a specified period of inactivity. A hard balance to achieve….

]]> By: Jeff http://www.wildsnow.com/1718/arva-avalanche-beacons-review/comment-page-1/#comment-14459 Jeff Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:43:25 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1718#comment-14459 I used the Arva 9000 for about the last 4 years and think highly of Arva. I recently upgraded to the Ortovox Patroller mainly because of the single antennae in the 9000. But, one of the main gripes I had about my Arva was the transmit/receive switch. On more than one occasion during a burial exercise, I would pull the knob out to receive, undo the waist strap so I could keep it level and arc directionally, locate the body/signal, and when I'd start digging or probing I'd hit the knob on my thigh and it would easily push back in to transmit. Whereas everyone standing around beside me would get the sudden "it's a multi burial, there's another signal". After doing this a couple times, after locating the signal I'd just take the thing off and set it in the snow. Hopefully with the new ones they've built in a two hand operation to switch it back to transmit from receive. I used the Arva 9000 for about the last 4 years and think highly of Arva. I recently upgraded to the Ortovox Patroller mainly because of the single antennae in the 9000. But, one of the main gripes I had about my Arva was the transmit/receive switch. On more than one occasion during a burial exercise, I would pull the knob out to receive, undo the waist strap so I could keep it level and arc directionally, locate the body/signal, and when I’d start digging or probing I’d hit the knob on my thigh and it would easily push back in to transmit. Whereas everyone standing around beside me would get the sudden “it’s a multi burial, there’s another signal”. After doing this a couple times, after locating the signal I’d just take the thing off and set it in the snow.

Hopefully with the new ones they’ve built in a two hand operation to switch it back to transmit from receive.

]]> By: bruce http://www.wildsnow.com/1718/arva-avalanche-beacons-review/comment-page-1/#comment-14443 bruce Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:16:22 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1718#comment-14443 Well,we can probably rest assured that the Tracker 2 will be a good beacon. We already know that it won't have many of the bells and whistles that other models have, but there are plenty of people out there who will buy it and be happy with it. ---------------------------------------- bruce Well,we can probably rest assured that the Tracker 2 will be a good beacon.
We already know that it won’t have many of the bells and whistles that other models have, but there are plenty of people out there who will buy it and be happy with it.
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bruce

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/1718/arva-avalanche-beacons-review/comment-page-1/#comment-14430 Lou Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:48:21 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1718#comment-14430 Mr. Snowboarding09, for buy links to all beacons see chart in this blogpost: http://www.wildsnow.com/1476/avalanche-beacon-review-intro/ Mr. Snowboarding09, for buy links to all beacons see chart in this blogpost:
http://www.wildsnow.com/1476/avalanche-beacon-review-intro/

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