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Old August 4th 09, 09:56 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Philip
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Default Details on the New SPOT 2

On Aug 5, 6:33*am, Steve Koerner wrote:
Spot 2 doesn't seem to resolve two basicweaknesses:
that 10 minutes is too long and we need altitude reporting.


Can't help with the altitude, but you get 5 minute points out of
'Help' for an hour. Help messages are delivered immediately. Tracking
points are cached by Spot on their server, so updates can take a few
minutes extra on top of the ten minute gap.

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Philip Plane