Geebax
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Australia
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'These are made more for locating vehicles or motorcycles. '
Actually, rthe RF-V16 unit in the photos, which I have, is actually primarily intended for tracking small children.
'First of all, the GPS module inside has to be facing the sky to connect to satellites. '
Also not true, the device can be facing any way up and still receives GPS signals reliably.
'If your aircraft crashes and lands with this thing facing anything but up, it wont be able to send the location, unless it also has a cellular connection, which can be off by several blocks depending on where the nearest towers are.'
Yes, it does have a cellular connection, which is not active unless polled, in other words it does not send anything until requrested to. You get an application which allows you to contact the device, request its location and also activate a beeper to help locate it if you are close.
Perhaps it would help if you actually read up on the device first instead of offering innacuate advice.
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