On May 15, 9:21*am, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Matt Herron Jr. wrote:
Good summary Darryl, thanks. *I agree with your search area opinions
as well. *I assume it makes more sense to have the spot attached to
the chute rather than the plane for pretty much all situations.

I'm thinking of doing this. How has it worked out for other people? Does
it work well sitting semi-vertical in a pouch on the front parachute
straps, or does it work better sitting horizontally on your shoulder?

Since it already misses an occasional message mounted in an ideal
location (horizontal on the canopy rail), I don't want it to miss any
additional messages.

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I experimented a lot with the location of the spot on my parachute as
I was missing 10-20% of the transmissions, until I heard this is
typical. There was no noticable difference between completly
horizontal on my shoulder (which makes reading the led lights and
accessing the buttons difficult) to 45 degrees when strapped near my
chest.

Ramy