Avalanche transceiver
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title:
Avalanche transceiver
text:
An avalanche transceiver or avalanche beacon is a type of emergency locator beacon, a radio transceiver operating at 457 kHz for the purpose of finding people buried under snow. They are widely carried by skiers, particularly back country skiers for use in case a skier is buried by an avalanche. Before setting out on an expedition, all the members of a group activate their transceivers in the transmit mode, causing the device to emit low-power pulsed radio signals during the trip. Following an a
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description:
Emergency locator rescue radio beacon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalanche_transceiver
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2024-04-16T11:21:33Z
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