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unpredictably
a t
v arious
t emperatures,
a nd
l ow
b atteries
c an
d ie
u nexpectedly
f ast.
Therefore,
w e
s trongly
r ecommend
c hanging
b atteries
o nce
t he
b atter
p ower
indicator
r eaches
4 0
p ercent.
NOTE:
n ever
m ix
n ew
a nd
u sed
b atteries
i n
y our
t ransceiver.
N ever
u se
l ithium
o r
rechargeable
b atteries.
T hese
m ay
a ll
l ead
t o
a n
i naccurate
b attery
p ower
indication.
Downloading
T racker3
s oftware
Using
B CA
s oftware
y ou
c an
u pdate
t he
T racker3's
p rogramming.
C urrently
t his
i s
with
a
P C
( not
M ac).
To
u pdate:
1. Go
t o
w
ww.backcountryaccess.com/downloads
2. Download
B CA
T 3
s oftware
3. Install
a nd
s tart
t he
p rogram
4. Connect
t he
T 3
t o
y our
c omputer
w ith
s tandard
U SB
c able
How
t o
p ass
a
g uiding
e xam
u sing
a
T racker3:
After
2 0
y ears
o f
b eacon
s earching
w ith
t he
w orld's
t op
r escue
p ersonnel,
w e
f ound
that
s trong
b eacon
s earchers
r ely
o n
a
m ultitude
o f
t echniques.
A
c omplex
b eacon
search
m ay
r equire
a
s earcher
t o
a ct
o n
t he
f ly
a nd
i mprovise
b ased
o n
t he
h ow
t he
scenario
u nfolds,
o ften
c ombining
t wo
o r
t hree
t echniques.
T here
a re
a
f ew
m ethods
you
s hould
h ave
r eady
t o
g o
( micro
s earch
s trips,
t hree
c ircle
m ethod,
S ignal
Suppression,
B ig
P icture,
e tc.)
between
t hem,
a nd
t he
v ictim's
b urial
d epth,
m ake
i t
n early
i mpossible
t o
p romote
one
t echnique
o ver
a nother.
The
f ollowing
h ybrid
t echnique
i s
t argeted
d irectly
a t
t hose
s triving
t o
p ass
a
guiding
e xam
a nd
a dvanced
u sers
l ooking
t o
r ound
o ut
t heir
s earch
s kills.
W hile
n o
two
e xams
a re
t he
s ame,
t hey
a ll
s hare
s imilar
c haracteristics:
There
i s
o nly
o ne
b eacon
s earcher
( yourself).
A ll
t ransmitters
a re
b uried
i n
a n
a rea
of
1 00m
x
1 00m
o r
l ess.
Y ou
c an
u sually
c ount
o n
t wo
b eacons
w ithin
c lose
proximity
o f
e ach
o ther
a nd
a
t hird
s paced
2 0m
o r
m ore
a way.
O ut
o f
t he
3
b eacons,
1-‐2
m ay
b e
b uried
o ver
2 m
d eep.
F inally,
i n
m ost
g uiding
e xams
y ou're
n ot
a llowed
to
t urn
o ff
t ransmitters
o nce
t hey're
f ound.
When
y ou
c ome
i nto
t he
s earch
a rea
b e
s ure
n ot
t o
m ove
t oo
f ar
d own
t he
s lope,
a s
it's
a lways
i nefficient
t o
t ravel
b ack
u phill.
S ometimes
t he
t ransmitter
c an
b e
t ucked
up
h igh
o n
t he
f lanks
a nd
b e
e asy
t o
m iss,
e specially
i f
t his
t ransmitter
h as
p oor
transmit
s trength
o r
a ntenna
o rientation.
E nter
t he
s earch
a rea
a nd
b egin
y our
signal
s earch.
I f
a
s ignal
i s
i mmediately
r eceived,
b ut
i s
g reater
t han
2 0m
a way,
continue
y our
s ignal
s earch.
B e
s ure
t o
g et
w ithin
2 0m
o f
e ach
f lank
a nd
c over
t he
entire
p ath.
D o
n ot
a bandon
y our
s ignal
s earch
u ntil
y ou
o btain
a
r eading
l ower
t han
20m.
T his
w ill
p rotect
y ou
f rom
m issing
a
w eak
o r
p oorly
o riented
t ransmitter.
O nce
locked
o n
t o
b eacon
# 1,
c onduct
t he
c oarse
a nd
f ine
s earches,
a nd
p robe.
L ocate
t he
first
b eacon
a nd
t ake
a
s econd
t o
g ather
a dditional
i nformation.
V ariables
s uch
a s
t he
n umber
o f
v ictims,
t he
d istance
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