Re: SPOT Emergency Beacon

> I also like that it is not totally marine oriented.  For the kinds of 
> things I plan to do that would be useful.  I wouldn't be likely to lug
an 
> EPIRB on a hike inland in Newfoundland and, if they got a boat EPIRB 
> signal from on shore, it might take a while for them to figure out what 
> was going on.  The SPOT is intended to be used by hikers so I expect
they 
> would respond more quickly if they got a "911" from 5 miles inland.

I've not yet read anything about using a personal epirb inland and the 
response times.  I'd like to assume the handling of it would be 'smart 
enough' to hand it off to the appropriate authorities.  5 miles inland
would 
make it seem unlikely marine authorities would be handling it.  It would
be 
interesting to read more about this, with REAL WORLD examples, not just 
conjecture.