Thursday, October 04, 2018

The End of an Era With Deben Locators



DEBEN is getting out of the locator business, which means new folks will be using avalanche locator transmitters and receivers.

I’m still using the old Mark I knocker boxes and collars (the last of my tribe), but I may not be able to carry on with that if a collar or two more fails.

Bellman and Flint are said to have improved on their early entry with a reconfigured PIEPS transmitter, and I have heard good things about Barryvox Mammut. I have an old Ortovox system that I was gifted, but I think they are not made anymore.

My understanding is that all the avalanche locators run on the same frequency, which is different from the old Deben frequency.

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