![]() ![]() If they’re breathing, then be very careful when removing them from the hole. Even if this means doing it while they’re still half buried. If the victim isn’t breathing, you want to start CPR as soon as you possibly can. You can mark a signal as found, which allows you to go on to other victims without interference from the beacon you just located, while your friends probe and dig for the first buried victim. If more than one person was caught in a slide, you’ll be very happy to have this feature. This makes a drastic difference in multiple-burial situations.Īnother feature to look for is signal marking, which some high-end beacons come with. What this means is that you can concentrate on the closest signal and find that person first, without interference from other signals. Some more advanced beacons come with features that indicate multiple signals or even lock out everything but the strongest one. The middle of those four marks is the strongest signal and where you should start probing. Repeat this going left and right as well. Move forward until the signal gets weaker and mark the spot. Hold the beacon close to snow and parallel to the slope. This is because the victim is under the snow and no longer at a distance readable as a direction along the surface. Once you get within a short distance, the direction indication on your beacon will disappear. If the victim is further away than the max range it will not provide any information, yet. When you switch a beacon to receive, it gives you both the distance and direction (along a curved path) to any signals within its maximum range. Then, when everyone is on transmit, you start skinning. Then that person needs to turn their beacon to transmit and someone needs to check them. Before you leave the trailhead, one person in your party should turn their beacon to receive and check everyone for a signal. ![]() It’s not enough to simply make sure it’s on. The most important thing is to make sure your beacon is transmitting. This is important to understand when you start searching. In the simplest terms, the beacon transmits a radiating circular signal. No matter how many features your beacon has, it still transmits in the same way. Any beacon (aka transceiver) made after 1986 transmits a signal at 457 kHz, so any beacon you buy these days works with any other beacon. ![]()
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