Thursday, 31 January, 2008

Time to retire the Ortovox F1?

Ortovox have recently advised users of the ORTOVOX F1 Plus, manufactured in the early 1990s, that their beacons cannot be serviced and may need to be replaced. A recent study by Thomas S. Lund (Signal Strength vs. Signal Timing - The Avalanche Review - Vol 26/2) questions whether it is time to retire other analogue beacons including the venerable Ortovox F1 given that there may be compatibility problems with more recent digital beacons.

Please read ORTOVOX comments on the F1/F1 Plus

ortovox f1

Posted by davidof at 09:31 AM
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