On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 07:17:37 -0600, J. Kelly Cunningham
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>Reef Fish wrote:
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>> On Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:03:34 -0600, J. Kelly Cunningham
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Can you give a SUMMARY of the promotional pitch?
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>> -- Bob.
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>Here's the whole thing:

Thanks for the plain-text reproduction so I didn't have to fight off
all those "cookies" from the webpage and still got nothing.

>ACR EPIRBs (Electronically Produced Indicating Radio Beacons)

Ah sooo.  The only semi-recognizable part of the acronym was RB, and
I thought that was a Re Breather promo, because I know they have them
on the Aggressor and have rather expensive courses for them on board.

Underwater Radio Beacons??

>represent the
>latest in dive safety. These compact instruments, slightly larger than cell
>phones, enable a captain and crew to instantly track divers who may become
>accidentally separated from their mother vessel.

A Hi-tec 'sausage' eh?  :-)

>Waterproof to 200 feet,

They must have had me in mind.  <BG>  There must be something magic
about the "200 feet".   The NEDfest light (curtesy of Joe Childs)
was waterproof/resistant to 200 feet, and I personally tested that
for Joe.  :-)   It's STILL working.  ORCA computer's depth gauge
is good only to 200 fsw (thereafter, it shows only "Out Of Range"
but the computer algorithm keeps ticking <G>).  That's why I have
a "peak" at (199 fsw) in the frequency distribution graph of max
depths.  :0)


these EPIRBs will be carried by each divemaster and
>buddy team. In an emergency separation, divers will simply raise the
>instrument's antenna, emitting a trackable radio signal to an
>omni-directional receiver on board the Palau Aggressor II.

>This is an especially important safety feature for drift divers in
>challenging locations such as Palau. Current, waves and radical wind shifts
>while divers are under water can create potential drift-away situations,
>making audio and visual signaling devices less effective than normal.

Very true, and a very good idea.

I'll have to try the Palau Aggressor II next, having done Peter Hughes's
SUN Dancer twice.  Palau Aggressor NEDfest anyone?  :-)

-- Bob.