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Assuming that your transceiver is in a case just below your left ribs, where do you carry your phone so that it doesn’t interfere with the transceiver? None of my suitable jacket pockets are more than 20cm from the tranceiver. Should it be in Airplane mode? Ideas please.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I usually carry mine in my thigh pocket, or you could put it in your backpack. There was some research a few months ago, and iirc, smartwatches were just as if not more problematic than phones. I'll try and find it.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Every guide I've used has advised to switch off, or at least put phones into flight safe mode while skiing off piste - but they don't enforce it (it's your choice and your rescue you're potentially compromising) and it's about 50/50 those who do it themselves vs. those who leave their phones on. I have though seem those who leave them on switch them off, usually right before telling us where we're about to go has an elevated avalanche risk so leave gaps/go one at a time/etc - so even they switch off when the risk is high.
In principle phones shouldn't interfere with transceivers...but do you want "My phone shouldn't have stopped them finding me alive" to be the last thing you think while burried under a meter of snow?
And it doesn't matter too much where you put your phone relative to your transceiver, it's where the 2 end up after you've been tumble dried by the avalanche that does.
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Tue 26-03-24 17:20; edited 1 time in total
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@geoffers, excellent article, thank you
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@CathyAuLait, There isn't really a debate about this anymore. Just switch it off and put it in your backpack. There are now multiple scientific studies that show that they do interfere with transceivers, as do large metallic objects and anything with a battery.
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