Post by fish on Jul 2, 2023 12:27:16 GMT 12
Whilst not marine, it has strong parallels with SSB's, or even VHF's, and the new tech comming in with satellite comms, not just satellite comms in the old expensive sense, but low latency broadband such as starlink, and mobile comms devices such as Garmin inReach.
To get out an old axe to grind, I wonder when YNZ will realise carrying pyrotechnics that expire within 5 minutes and are dangerous to use is a bit out of date, and we can rely on a the wide range of other safety aids instead.
“I think we can hold our heads high,” says Ian Gardiner, of the Canterbury and South Island Mountain Radio Service.
After 55 years of helping save lives in some of the most rugged parts of New Zealand, the service will go off-air at the end of the month.
“There have been a lot of rescues, and a lot have been avoided by us being able to communicate,” says Gardiner.
“It has been for trampers, climbers and hunters and over the years we’ve had a very sophisticated system.”
New technology, plus the difficulty in finding volunteers to keep the service going, has prompted the decision to shut down, Gardiner says.
www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/300909294/over-and-out-for-south-island-mountain-radio-service?mibextid=S66gvF&fbclid=IwAR0f1bMTokAa0Jpbpd4GukNO7BqGCcmdnpBGr3ES5ork3OKAiBuTV5ACv4I
To get out an old axe to grind, I wonder when YNZ will realise carrying pyrotechnics that expire within 5 minutes and are dangerous to use is a bit out of date, and we can rely on a the wide range of other safety aids instead.
“I think we can hold our heads high,” says Ian Gardiner, of the Canterbury and South Island Mountain Radio Service.
After 55 years of helping save lives in some of the most rugged parts of New Zealand, the service will go off-air at the end of the month.
“There have been a lot of rescues, and a lot have been avoided by us being able to communicate,” says Gardiner.
“It has been for trampers, climbers and hunters and over the years we’ve had a very sophisticated system.”
New technology, plus the difficulty in finding volunteers to keep the service going, has prompted the decision to shut down, Gardiner says.
www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/300909294/over-and-out-for-south-island-mountain-radio-service?mibextid=S66gvF&fbclid=IwAR0f1bMTokAa0Jpbpd4GukNO7BqGCcmdnpBGr3ES5ork3OKAiBuTV5ACv4I
