Regarding the statement that watching a SPOT or DeLorme inReach units are
boring to watch...

I agree that watching a single tracking page is not all that exciting.

What it gets fun (in my opinion) is when you are at a contest and you can
view all the pilot's trackers on a large projection on the way. That makes
it much more fun for the people that are back at the airport. They can see
how you're doing and compare it to the other competitors. I was very fun
watching all the competitors at the WGC in Uvalde last summer. It would
have been a lot more fun if they had 1 minute tracking intervals rather than
10 minute tracking intervals.

The other time it is fun is when following a great pilot on an epic flight
adventure. I very much enjoyed following Gordon Boettger on his recent
long-distance downwind wave flight. I was so glad that his friends copied
me on the adventure. It was a bummer when his SPOT stopped working and
would have been more fun if he had used a unit with 1 minute tracking.

Of course, I'm biased because I sell SPOT and DeLorme products. But I also
use them. I can't wait to get my new InReach SE in a few days.

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.