Interesting new service by ACR

[tobnpr]

Saw this advertised in SR Living; most of you have heard of "Spot" - that PLB looking transmitter that sends an " I'm OK" message via satellite. I thought it was useful, but not enough so to justify buying another piece of hardware.

Now ACR has what looks like the same type of program, but uses your existing PLB or EPIRB's "test" feature to send the message and your coordinates. We're sometimes far offshore and the Admiral sure would like to know all's well, esp on the overnighters. Looks like a cheap way to "check in". It does drain the battery, so I've got to look into that aspect; for infrequent use it shouldn't be a problem

http://406link.com/index.html

 

[CSR_Admin]

Our rep was telling us about it a month ago. Basically, you pay them something like $60 and for that $60 you are able to send out the "OK" message 10 times. So its not unlimited like the spot but it is the same sort of thing.