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If
y ou're
u sing
a
T racker3,
t his
i s
y our
c hance
t o
u se
t he
S ignal
S uppression
f unction.
After
s uppressing,
w ait
t hrough
a
f ew
p ulses
( 4-‐5
s econds)
t o
m ake
s ure
t hat
t here
is
n o
o verlap
s ituation
m asking
a ny
b eacons.
A fter
s uppressing
t he
f irst
s ignal,
T 3
i s
now
t aking
y ou
t o
t he
s econd
s ignal.
T he
s econd
t ransmitter
c an
b e
v ery
c lose
t o
t he
first.
A
g ood
i ndication
f or
t his
s ituation
i s
w hen
t he
c lose
p roximity
b rackets
a re
displayed.
If
y ou
g et
c onfused,
u se
t he
B ig
P icture
m ode
t o
c larify
t he
s ituation.
I f
y ou
g et
t wo
signals
w ith
t he
s ame
d istance
y ou
k now
t hat
y ou
h ave
t wo
t ransmitters
i n
c lose
proximity.
Once
y ou
h ave
f ound
b eacon
# 2
u sing
s uppression,
a nd
h ave
c onducted
y our
f ine
search,
k eep
y our
T 3
a s
c lose
t o
b eacon
# 2
a s
p ossible
a nd
u se
t he
s uppress
function
a gain.
I f
t he
t hird
s ignal
i s
c loser
t o
b eacon
# 2
t han
b eacon
# 1,
s uppression
should
t ake
y ou
t here
a utomatically.
I n
c ase
b eacon
# 1
i s
c loser
t han
t he
t hird
signal,
T 3
w ill
b ring
y ou
b ack
t o
b eacon
# 1.
I f
t his
i s
t he
c ase,
u se
B ig
P icture
m ode
again
t o
f ind
t he
g eneral
d irection
t o
t he
t hird
s ignal.
A fter
w alking
c loser
t o
t he
third
s ignal,
r elease
t he
O ptions
b utton
a nd
T 3
w ill
a utomatically
l ock
o n
t hat
t hird
signal.
Repeat
t he
s ame
p rocedures
f or
t he
f ourth
s ignal
a s
y ou
d id
f or
t hird,
i f
n ecessary.
To
l earn
m ore
a bout
a dvanced
s earch
t echniques
o r
t o
s et
u p
a
" How
t o
P ass
a
B eacon
Exam"
t raining
s ession,
c ontact
i nfo@backcountryaccess.com.
While
n o
t wo
s cenarios
a re
t he
s ame,
t he
a bove
t echniques
w ill
p rovide
y ou
w ith
a
solid
f ramework
t o
w ork
t hrough
a ny
c omplex
s cenario.
R emember
t hat
b eacon
searching
i s
t he
f ast
p art.
M ost
m ultiple
b urial
r escues
a re
l imited
b y
t he
n umber
o f
shovelers
a vailable.
H owever,
s pecial
t echniques
m ay
b e
b eneficial
i f
t here
a re
enough
r escuers
a vailable
f or
s hoveling.
T hese
t echniques
a re
m ainly
u sed
a nd
directed
t oward
p rofessional
g uides
a nd
a dvanced
b eacon
s earchers.
S hoveling
i s
the
u ltimate
c rux
i n
a n
a valanche
r escue
a nd
t he
e fficiency
o f
y our
r escue
w ill
greatly
d epend
o n
h ow
m any
r esources
y ou
h ave
t o
d edicate
t oward
e xcavation.
B e
sure
t o
c heck
o ut
B CA's
v ideo
o n
t he
" ABC's
a nd
D
o f
D igging"
a t
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