On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:00:55 +0100, Ace
wrote:

Hey, has anyone heard of these Checker things this guy is talking about
at the end of the article I found here on the ' Pieps Dsp '
(http://www.piepsdsp.com) Curious to know your opinion on them, if they
work well or not with other beacons like the Pieps 457 or the SOS F1-ND

Only very briefly tried the DSP, and it seemed simple enough, but
we've plumped instead for the Barryvox Pulse, a couple of years ago.

As for compatibility, all beacons (for the last 20-odd years, at
least) use the 457MHz frequency, so there should be no issues
whatsoever with searching for older models or vice versa.

As for the checker - well, unless you're skiing on your own, your
buddy should check you anyway, so I don't see the point. Then again, I
don't often ski on my own, and if I do I'll generally check mine
against a spare before I leave the house, so I guess if you don't have
a spare and you ski backcountry solo then it's not a bad idea.

Surely, if you ski backcountry by yourself, then a transciever isn't
going to do you a lot of good unless someone else happens to be around
when you get avalanched. We all know the way the survival curve drops
off dramatically with time.
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Champ
neal at champ dot org dot uk