Spot Device Competition

On Sunday, September 9, 2012 8:31:58 PM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 9/9/2012 10:35 AM, Ramy wrote:

I often see 30-60 min delays when following friends spot in real

time, occasionally even few hours of no messages.



My wife does not see this problem when I fly in Washington, Idaho,

Oregon, or a number of other places around the country. She did notice

it a week ago, when I flew a couple flights from Inyokern. I wonder if

the severity of the problem varies with location.



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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to

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My crew (aka wife) doesn't see any gaps either in PA/NJ/MA/VAever since I began using lithium batteries and wearing Spot on my parachute chest strap...