Show threadKevin Karhan Jan 20
@vampiress at least he had a #PLB on his person!
AI6YR BenOct 3, 2024
Today's combined hiking/boating/disaster insurance, bought a PLB. These are basically a distress signal if you are in a life threatening situation (lost at sea, dying in the wilderness). Expensive but one time purchase, no subscription fee. One way, no two way communications. The alternative is if you need similar but 2 way is the Garmin Inreach, but subscription required. #insurance #backpacking #plb #wilderness
Show threadKevin Karhan Sep 20, 2023

@datenritter Now a #PLB would be activated by flipping over or other severe events like Airbags exploding...

And by it's very nature.it would.not be exploitable to (non-consensually) track people - illegally or legally doesn't make a difference...

In fact, one could even add an emergency activation button so hijacked taxi drivers could call for help discreetly...

Show threadKevin Karhan Sep 20, 2023
@datenritter
For example, #CospasSarsat-based #PLB's would ve far cheaper, simpler, safer and more reliable...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Cospas-Sarsat_Programme
And even if you wanted Telephony and SMS woudn't it make more sense to put some GCSS + GNSS Module in there that doesn't rely on the spotty coverage of GSM?
https://www.iridium.com/products/iridium-core-9523/
After all, you either are on a rural road with no cars in sight or you ain't and in the latter case you'll find ample of withnesses that are legally obligated to call rescue services.
International Cospas-Sarsat Programme - Wikipedia

JIPBJun 8, 2023
#Ethylene response factor DoERF5 regulates SHOOT MERISTEMLESS (DoSTM) in #Dendrobium #PLB #development. Overexpression of DoERF5 or DoSTM promotes regeneration of PLBs, with the potential to improve #bioengineering of #orchids. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13534
@wileyplantsci
#PlantSci #plantscience
CajusFeb 18, 2023
Korrekt. Und wenn man sich dann noch z.B. die aktuelle Planung um den Bahnhof Harburg ansieht weiß man auch, dass das Problem nicht nur bei Baustellen besteht, sondern insgesamt kein Hauch von #Verkehrswende zu erkennen ist. Den Abschnitt #PLB in Harburg, der allen Radfahrenden angepriesen wird bin ich gestern mal wieder gefahren … 500m, und davor und dahinter NICHTS für den #Radverkehr.
David BremnerJan 29, 2023
@slothrop Do kayakers use emergency communication/location tech like #EPIRB or #PLB? Some of the more cautious #scuba divers do, and it seems tough enough to throw in a kayak. I forget the details now, but at least one of the gadgets is satellite based, which should work reasonable well in no-cell-signal back country.
Amo a Sam amatJan 24, 2023

A peculiar brain event has led me to the conclusion that I need a Personal Locator Beacon #PLB sooner rather than later. (I've been stupidly putting it off or taking too long to think it through.)

Have you used one in reality? Know anyone who did? Do you carry one routinely? Does it get in the way? What model do you have, do you wish you had?

#personalLocatorBeacon #bushWalking #emergencyKit

Show threadPete GentDec 19, 2022

Finally, a word about general backcountry connectivity, always carry a PLB with you. While I’ve spent a reasonable amount of $ paying Garmin for their inReach services myself, PLBs and the related COSPAS infrastructure has been built from the ground up to be a protected service and work robustly. Thanks for reading this far.

#Iridium #inReach #globestar #spot #apple #2degrees #lynkglobal #SpaceX #Starlink #AST #space #satellite #communications #backcountry #hiking #plb 11/11

Show threadRomaine-la-ProphétesseDec 18, 2020

For more of the story of the struggle for real independence in Cameroon, & the absolutely brutal french war to suppress it (we're talking entire villages set on fire & Black people's severed heads displayed as warnings; some of the articles have images), read:

"a policy of genocide: france’s neocolonial war against Cameroon" https://descentrealizer.medium.com/a-policy-of-genocide-frances-neocolonial-war-against-cameroon-4f4d30bfffb4

"Ghosts of Kamerun" https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii77/articles/augusta-conchiglia-ghosts-of-kamerun

"The Forgotten Cameroon War" https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/12/cameroon-france-colonialism-war-resistance

That's why we say #PLB.